Bohdana Matsotska

Bohdana Olehivna Matsotska[1] (Ukrainian: Богдана Олегівна Мацьоцька, also spelled Bogdana, born August 27, 1989) is an alpine skier from Ukraine. She competed for Ukraine at the 2010 Winter Olympics[2] and was to compete for Ukraine at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Her best result was a 37th place in the slalom, achieved in 2010.[3]

Bohdana Matsotska
Full nameBohdana Olehivna Matsotska
Born (1989-08-27) 27 August 1989
Kosiv, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Updated on February 10, 2013.

On 19 February 2014 Matsotska refused further participating in the 2014 Winter Olympics in protest against the violent clashes in Ukrainian's capital Kiev the previous day.[4] She and her father posted a message on Facebook stating "In solidarity with the fighters on the barricades of the Maidan, and as a protest against the criminal actions made towards the protesters, the irresponsibility of the president and his lackey government, we refuse further performance at the Olympic Games in Sochi 2014".[4]

Performances
LevelYearEventSLGSSGDHSCT
JWSC2008 Formigal, Spain4361705019
JWSC2009 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany4144
AWSC2009 Val d'Isère, FranceDNF14233
OLY2010 Whistler, Canada3744
AWSC2011 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GermanyDNF152383426
AWSC2013 Schladming, Austria6146DNS132

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bohdana Matsotska". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. "Bogdana Matsotska". Vancouver 2010. Archived from the original on 28 February 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
  3. "Ladies' Slalom Results". Vancouver 2010. Archived from the original on 28 February 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
  4. "Ukrainian Olympic alpine skier quits Sochi, blames Yanukovych for deaths on EuroMaidan". Kyiv Post. 19 February 2014. Bogdana Matsotska


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