Larisa Yurkiw

Larisa Yurkiw
— Alpine skier —

January 2009
Disciplines Downhill, Super-G
Club Georgian Peaks Ski Club, Thornbury, Ontario
Born (1988-03-30) March 30, 1988
Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
World Cup debut January 13, 2007 (age 18)
Website larisayurkiw.com
Olympics
Teams 1 – (2014)
Medals 0
World Championships
Teams 3 – (2009, 2013, 2015)
Medals 0
World Cup
Seasons 6th – (2009–10, 2013–16)
Wins 0
Podiums 4 – (4 DH)
Overall titles 0 – (22nd in 2016)
Discipline titles 0 – (3rd in DH, 2016)

Larisa Yurkiw (born March 30, 1988) is a Canadian World Cup alpine ski racer, specializing in the speed events of downhill and super-G.

Born in Owen Sound, Ontario, Yurkiw made her World Cup debut at Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria, in a downhill event in January 2007. From 2008 to 2009, she reached the top 30 seven times. In 2009, she achieved a personal best at Tarvisio, Italy when she placed 9th in the Super Combined discipline. However, her most notable race came January 17, 2009 at Altenmarkt-Zauchensee when she stunned the field (and herself) by posting the fastest time in the downhill portion of a combined event.

On December 16, 2009, a crash during a training run at Val d'Isere resulted in an ACL tear, MCL tear, patellar tendon tear and tears in both the lateral and medial miniscus in her left knee. She did not compete on home soil at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia.

Prior to debuting on the world stage, she had much success as a junior ski racer. She made her debut on the Nor-Am Cup on March 10, 2004, held at her home club, Georgian Peaks. From 2005 to 2009, she reached the podium seventeen times, having won gold eight times in all disciplines but slalom. She also had success racing on the GMC Cup (also known as Pontiac Cup), a non-FIS sanctioned ski series that challenges Canada’s most promising skiers. In 2007, Larisa competed on the South American Cup, having posted four top 10 results.

Yurkiw picked up a silver medal at the 2008 FIS Junior World Ski Championships in Formigal, Spain in the combined discipline. From 2006 to 2008, she posted three more top 10 results at this event.

She earned two gold medals at the 2008 Canadian National Championships in Super-G and downhill, and three silver medals in 2009. Since she was still considered a junior in both 2008 and 2009, she went on to become the Canadian National Junior Champion in downhill, giant slalom, and slalom.


World Cup results

Season standings

Season Age  Overall   Slalom  Giant
 slalom  		Super-G Downhill Combined
2009 20 88 — — — 33 44
2010 21 95 — — 49 43 —
2011 22 injured, out for season
2012 23 — — — — — —
2013 24 111 — — 42 — —
2014 25 52 — — 40 24 —
2015 26 32 — — 41 10 —
2016 27 22 — — 25 3 —

Race podiums

Season Date Location Discipline Place
2015 16 Jan 2015 Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Downhill 2nd
2016 19 Dec 2015 France Val-d'Isère, France Downhill 3rd
9 Jan 2016 Austria Altenmarkt, Austria Downhill 2nd
23 Jan 2016 Italy Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Downhill 2nd

World Championship results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom  		Super-G Downhill Combined
2009 20 — — DNF — —
2011 22 — — — — —
2013 24 — — 23 28 DNF2
2015 26 — — 28 14 —

Olympic results

  Year    Age   Slalom   Giant 
 slalom  		Super-G Downhill Combined
2014 25 — — DNF 20 —

Equipment and sponsorship

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