Oleksandr Abramenko

Oleksandr Abramenko
Born (1988-05-04) May 4, 1988
Pervomaisk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
World Cup career
Individual wins 1
Indiv. podiums 6
Overall titles 1 - Aerials (2015-16)
Medal record
Men's Freestyle skiing
Representing  Ukraine
Junior World Championships
2006 Krasnoe Ozero Aerials
Updated on February 21, 2016.

Oleksandr Abramenko (born May 4, 1988 in Pervomaisk) is a Ukrainian freestyle skier, specializing in aerials.[1]

Abramenko competed at the 2006, 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics for Ukraine. In 2006, he did not advance, placing 27th in the qualifying round. In 2010, he placed 24th in the qualifying round of the event, again failing to advance to the final.[2] In 2014, he reached final and placed 6th.

As of December 2015, his best showing at the World Championships is 5th, in 2009.[1]

Abramenko made his World Cup debut in January 2006. As of February 2016, he has one victory in 2014/15 at Minsk and six other World Cup podium finishes. In 2015/16 season he became the first ever Ukrainian to win World Cup in aerials or any other freestyle discipline.[1][3][4][5]

Performances

Level Year Event Aerials
FWSCH 2005 Finland Ruka, Finland 25
FJWSCH 2006 Russia Krasnoe Ozero, Russia 2
OLY 2006 Italy Torino, Italy 27
FWSCH 2007 Italy Madonna di Campiglio, Italy 16
FWSCH 2009 Japan Inawashiro, Japan 5
OLY 2010 Canada Vancouver, Canada 24
FWSCH 2011 United States Deer Valley, United States 7
FWSCH 2013 Norway Voss, Norway 6
OLY 2014 Russia Sochi, Russia 6
FWSCH 2015 Austria Kreischberg, Austria 10

World Cup

Podiums

Season Place Placement
2011–12 Belarus Minsk, Belarus 2
2011–12 Norway Voss, Norway 3
2014–15 United States Deer Valley, United States 3
2014–15 Belarus Minsk, Belarus 1
2015–16 China Beijing, China 3
2015–16 United States Deer Valley, United States 3
2015–16 United States Deer Valley, United States 2

Positions

Season Aerials Overall
2005–06 48177
2006–07 2574
2007–08 1548
2008–09 928
2009–10 3084
2010–11 820
2011–12 720
2012–13 1138
2013–14 1243
2014–15 621
2015–16 1TBD

References

  1. 1 2 3 FIS Profile
  2. ↑ "Sports Reference Profile".
  3. ↑ "Caldwell and Lillis finish on top in Minsk".
  4. ↑ "World Cup Ranking" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "Oleksandr Abramenko - the holder of the small World Cup in freestyle skiing".

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