Yuliya Galysheva

Yulia Evgenievna Galysheva (Russian: Юлия Евгеньевна Галышева, born 23 October 1992) is a Kazakhstani mogul skier who won three medals at FIS Freestyle Ski World Championships,bronze medal at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic Games and two gold medals at the Asian Winter Games in 2011.

Yulia Galysheva
Born (1992-10-23) 23 October 1992
Oskemen, Kazakhstan
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
World Cup career
Seasons2010–
Individual wins4
Indiv. podiums16

Athletic career

Yulia Galysheva has competed at the international challenges since March 2006. She has debut at the Europa Cup stage in the Russian Saint-Petersburg. She was 21st in mogul and 18th in dual moguls. In 2007, she competed in FIS Freestyle World Ski Championship at the Madonna di Campiglio, where she finished 22nd in moguls and 21st in dual moguls. In February 2008, she placed second in the German Schliersee at the Europa cup's dual mogul. A few days later, she has won two gold medals in moguls and dual moguls at the Swiss Engelberg. In 2010, she competed at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, where she finished 11th in moguls. Galysheva got her first World Cup victory at the Meribel and was ahead of Hannah Kearney in the final of dual moguls. In 2011, she won gold medals at the 2011 Asian Winter Games in moguls and dual moguls. In 2011, she also has won in the Europa cup stage in Jyväskylä. Next year, she has become juniors World champion in moguls and also won silver medal in dual moguls at the Italian Valmalenco. She has three podiums in the season of 2012/13, which includes 3rd place at the American Deer Valley and 3rd and 2nd places at the Swedish Åre. At the 2015 FIS World Freestyle Championships in Krieschberg, Austria she won her first world championship medal, a bronze in dual moguls, behind the 2014 and 2010 Olympic champions, Justine Dufour Lapointe (silver) and Hannah Kearney (gold). Two years later at the world championships in Sierra Nevada she upgraded to silver, behind gold medalist Perrine Laffont and ahead of bronze medalist Jaelin Kauf.

Galysheva won first world champion title for Kazakh moguls at FIS Freestyle skiing and Snowboarding Championships 2019. And her Olympic bronze medal at Pyeongchang-2018 also historical for Kazakh freestyle skiing, because it first olympic medal in this sport for Kazakhstan.

Career highlights

Olympic Games
2018 – PyeongChang 3rd, Moguls
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships
2019 – Utah 1st, Moguls
2017 – Sierra Nevada 2nd, Dual moguls
2015 – Kreischberg 3rd, Dual moguls
FIS Junior World Ski Championships
2011 – Jyväskylä 1st, Moguls
2012 – Valmalenco 1st, Moguls
2012 – Valmalenco 3rd, Dual moguls
Asian Winter Games
2011 – Almaty 1st, Moguls
2011 – Almaty 1st, Dual moguls
World Cup podiums
2010 – Meribel 1st, Dual moguls
2012 – Beida Lake 3rd, Moguls
2013 – Deer Valley 3rd, Dual moguls
2013 – Åre 3rd, Moguls
2013 – Åre 2nd, Dual moguls
2014 – Deer Valley, 2nd, Moguls
2014 – Ruka, 1st, Dual Moguls
2016 – Deer Valley, 2nd, Moguls
2016 – Deer Valley, 2nd, Dual Moguls
2016 – Tazawako, 2nd, Dual Moguls
2017 – Thaiwoo, 2nd, Moguls
2017 – Thaiwoo 1st, Moguls
2018 – Mont-Tremblant, 3rd, Moguls
2018 – Ruka, 2nd, Moguls
2018 – Thaiwoo 3rd, Moguls
2018 – Calgary 1st, Moguls
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