The Most Famous

SKIERS from Ukraine

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This page contains a list of the greatest Ukrainian Skiers. The pantheon dataset contains 817 Skiers, 3 of which were born in Ukraine. This makes Ukraine the birth place of the 23rd most number of Skiers behind Liechtenstein, and Estonia.

Top 3

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Ukrainian Skiers of all time. This list of famous Ukrainian Skiers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

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1. Valentyna Shevchenko (b. 1975)

With an HPI of 46.93, Valentyna Shevchenko is the most famous Ukrainian Skier.  Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages on wikipedia.

Valentyna Yevhenivna Shevchenko (Ukrainian: Валентина Євгенівна Шевченко) (born 2 October 1975 in Nosivka Raion) is a Ukrainian former cross-country skier who competed in the World Cup between the 1993–94 season and the 2016–17 season.

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2. Oleksandr Abramenko (b. 1988)

With an HPI of 42.48, Oleksandr Abramenko is the 2nd most famous Ukrainian Skier.  Her biography has been translated into 27 different languages.

Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Abramenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Володимирович Абраменко; born 4 May 1988) is a Ukrainian Olympic gold medalist freestyle skier, specializing in aerials. He is the 2015–16 Aerials World Cup winner. He competed at the 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics, winning the Olympic gold medal in the men's aerials event at Pyeongchang. Abramenko is also 2019 World Championships and 2022 Winter Olympics silver medalist.

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3. Alla Tsuper (b. 1979)

With an HPI of 39.14, Alla Tsuper is the 3rd most famous Ukrainian Skier.  Her biography has been translated into 20 different languages.

Alla Petrovna Tsuper (Belarusian: Ала Пятроўна Цупeр; Ukrainian: Алла Петрівна Цупер; Russian: Алла Петровна Цупер; born 16 April 1979) is a Ukrainian (until 2000) and Belarusian (since 2000) aerial skier.

People

Pantheon has 3 people classified as Ukrainian skiers born between 1975 and 1988. Of these 3, 3 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Ukrainian skiers include Valentyna Shevchenko, Oleksandr Abramenko, and Alla Tsuper. As of April 2024, 3 new Ukrainian skiers have been added to Pantheon including Valentyna Shevchenko, Oleksandr Abramenko, and Alla Tsuper.

Living Ukrainian Skiers

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Newly Added Ukrainian Skiers (2024)

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