Olha Volkova

Olha Volkova
nation	Ukraine
birthday	5th July 1986
place of birth	Mykolaiv
size	160 cm
Weight	52 kg
Career
discipline	Aerials
status	active
Medal table
World championships 0 × 0 × 1 ×
Freestyle Skiing World Championships bronze Deer Valley 2011 Aerials
Placements in the Freestyle Skiing World Cup
Debut in the World Cup March 10, 2004  World Cup victories 1  Overall World Cup 7th ( 2011/12 )  Aerials World Cup 3rd ( 2010/11 , 2011/12)
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Aerials 1 2 2
last change: March 18, 2012

Olha Wolodymyriwna Wolkowa ( Ukrainian Ольга Володимирівна Волкова , born July 5, 1986 in Mykolaiv ) is a Ukrainian freestyle skier . She specializes in the aerials (jumping) discipline.

biography

Wolkowa made her World Cup debut on March 10, 2004 in Sauze d'Oulx . She won her first World Cup points on February 5, 2005 with 9th place in Shenyang . Several top 10 results followed in each of the following five years, but it was not enough for the world's best. At the end of the 2009/10 season, two fifth places were her best results.

The first podium in a World Cup competition succeeded Wolkowa on January 29, 2011 with 3rd place in Calgary . Six days later she was able to celebrate the greatest success of her sports career to date by winning the bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships in Deer Valley . She celebrated her first World Cup victory on January 15, 2012 in Mont Gabriel . With four further podium places she finished third in the discipline ranking of the 2011/12 season.

successes

Olympic games

• Turin 2006 : 13th Aerials
• Vancouver 2010 : 14th Aerials

World championships

• Ruka 2005 : 18th Aerials
• Madonna di Campiglio 2007 : 11th Aerials
• Inawashiro 2009 : 8th Aerials
• Deer Valley 2011 : 3rd Aerials

World cup

• 2010/11 season : 8th overall World Cup, 3rd Aerials World Cup
• 2011/12 season : 7th overall World Cup, 3rd Aerials World Cup
• 5 podium places, including 1 victory:

date	place	country
January 15, 2012	Mont Gabriel	Canada

More Achievements

• 7 podiums in the European Cup, including 4 wins
• 3 podium places in the Nor-Am Cup

Web links

• Olha Wolkowa in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Olha Wolkowa in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )