Ivan Kovbasnyuk | |
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Full name | Ivan Kovbasnyuk |
Born | Yasinia, Rakhiv Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine [1] | 18 May 1993
Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
Updated on 22 January 2022. |
Ivan Kovbasnyuk (born 18 May 1993) is a Ukrainian alpine skier. He represented Ukraine at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Kovbasnyuk began skiing at the age of three. His mother, who worked as an alpine skiing coach, introduced him to the sport.
As of January 2022, his best performance at the World Championships was 30th in slalom at the 2021 Championships. [2]
He participated three times at World Cup: twice (2015, 2017) in giant slalom in Sölden, Austria, and once (2018) in super-G in Val Gardena, Italy, where he finished 61st. His best World Cup result was 58th in giant slalom in Sölden, Austria, on 25 October 2015. [3]
In 2022, Kovbasnyuk was nominated for his second Winter Games in Beijing. [4]
He participated at the 2013 and 2017 Winter Universiade. His best finish was 34th in downhill in 2013.
After the 2023 World Cup, Kovbasnyuk had to join the military service against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [5]
Year | |||||||
Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super G | Downhill | Combined | Team Event | |
2018 | 24 | DNF1 | 57 | DNF | 49 | DNF2 | — |
2022 | 28 | DNF1 | — | 32 | 33 | 14 | — |
Year | |||||||
Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom | Super G | Downhill | Combined | Team Event | |
2013 | 19 | DNF1 | 73 | 65 | — | — | — |
2015 | 21 | 37 | 55 | — | — | — | — |
2017 | 23 | 47 | DNF1 | 48 | — | — | — |
2019 | 25 | DNF1 | 52 | 48 | 54 | DNF2 | — |
2021 | 27 | 30 | 60 | DNF | — | DNF2 | — |
Discipline | WC starts | WC Podium | WC Top 5 | WC Top 15 | WC Top 30 | Best result | ||
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Date | Location | Place | ||||||
Slalom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Giant slalom | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 October 2015 | Sölden, Austria | 58th |
Super-G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 December 2018 | Val Gardena, Italy | 61st |
Downhill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Combined | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Discipline | EC starts | EC Podium | EC Top 5 | EC Top 15 | EC Top 30 | Best result | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Date | Location | Place | ||||||
Slalom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Giant slalom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Super-G | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 December 2015 | Sölden, Austria | 72nd |
Downhill | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 January 2022 | Tarvisio, Italy | 59th |
Combined | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 December 2015 | Sölden, Austria | 60th |
Total | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
He graduated from Precarpathian National University in Ivano-Frankivsk.
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