Olha Knysh

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Olha Knysh
Full nameOlha Knysh
Born (1995-10-06) 6 October 1995 (age 26)
Lviv, Ukraine[1]
Updated on January 29, 2018.

Olha Knysh (Ukrainian: Ольга Книш; born October 6, 1995) is an alpine skier from Ukraine. She represented Ukraine at the 2018 Winter Olympics. She participated thrice at World Cup in giant slalom but she didn't manage to qualify for the second run.

Olha began skiing in September 1998 in Lviv, Ukraine. Her older brother Igor was already involved in the sport and she followed in his footsteps. She also tried tennis, judo and artistic gymnastics but decided to focus on alpine skiing at age 14.[2]

Career results[]

Winter Olympics[]

Year Event SL GS SG DH AC T
2018 South Korea Pyeongchang, South Korea 45 DNF 43

World Championships[]

Year Event SL GS SG DH AC T
2015 United States Vail/Beaver Creek, United States 55 66
2017 Switzerland St. Moritz, Switzerland 49 58

Personal life[]

In 2018 Knysh was a student at the Lviv State University of Physical Culture since the 2013–2014 academic year.[3][4]

References[]

  1. ^ Львівська гірськолижниця Ольга Книш змагатиметься на ЧС-2015 у США
  2. ^ "Profile at PyeongChang 2018 official web cite".
  3. ^ Львів’яни Ольга Книш та Михайло Карпушин – чемпіони України з гірськолижного спорту
  4. ^ Львівська гірськолижниця Ольга Книш змагатиметься на ЧС-2015 у США

External links[]

Olha Knysh at the International Ski Federation


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