Oleksandr Abramenko

Oleksandr Abramenko
Full name Олександр Володимирович Абраменко
Born (1988-05-04) 4 May 1988
Pervomaiskyi, Kharkiv Oblast[1]
World Cup career
Individual wins 1
Indiv. podiums 8
Discipline titles 1 – Aerials (2015–16)
Medal record
Men's freestyle skiing
Representing  Ukraine
Olympic Games
2018 PyeongchangAerials
Junior World Championships
2006 Krasnoe OzeroAerials
Updated on 18 February 2018.

Oleksandr Volodymirovich Abramenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Володимирович Абраменко) (born 4 May 1988 in Pervomaiskyi, Kharkiv Oblast) is a Ukrainian Olympic gold medalist freestyle skier, specializing in aerials.[2] He is the 2015–16 Aerials World Cup winner. He competed at the 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics[3], winning the Olympic gold medal in the men's aerials event at Pyeongchang.

Career

Abramenko competed at the 2005 World Championships in Ruka, Finland, where he was 25th. He has participated at six World Championshipss, and his best result there is fifth, in 2009.

Abramenko made his World Cup debut on January 8, 2006, in Mont Gabriel, Canada. He placed eighteenth. Even though he was quite young and not experienced, he competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. In aerials, he did not advance, placing 27th in the qualifying round. On March 6, 2006, he won a silver medal at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Krasnoe Ozero, Russia.

On January 19, 2008, Abramenko finished tenth at the World Cup event in Lake Placid, United States. He was among the best in four of seven competitions that season.

Abramenko competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, for Ukraine. In aerials, he placed 24th in the qualifying round of the event, again failing to advance to the final.[4]

His first World Cup podium came on February 25, 2012, in Minsk, Belarus, when he was second after another Ukrainian Stanislav Kravchuk. That year he also was 3rd in Voss, Norway.

In 2014, he reached the final and placed 6th.

He celebrated his first victory on March 1, 2015, in Minsk, Belarus.

In 2015-16 season he became the first ever Ukrainian to win World Cup in aerials or any other freestyle discipline.[2][5][6][7] That season was the most successful for him because Abramenko's results were 5th, 3rd, 3rd, 2nd, 13th, and 5th.

In summer 2016, Abramenko suffered a severe injury. While practicing on water, he injured his cruciate ligaments and his meniscus and transverse ligament.[8]. His knee injury didn't allow him to compete whole next season. He also missed 2017 World Championships.

He returned in the pre-Olympic 2017-18 season. There were concerns that Ukraine for the first time ever would not qualify any sportsman for men's freestyle skiing due to crisis in Ukrainian freestyle skiing. Abramenko started that season not confidently finishing just 21st in Beijing, China. But later his performances improved and on January 19, 2018, he achieved his eighth podium in Lake Placid, United States. He was then second after Chinese Jia Zongyang.[9] These results assured him a spot in 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.[10]

Abramenko became the second native of Ukraine to win an Olympic gold in freestyle after Anton Kushnir who in 2014 represented Belarus.

Personal

Abramenko's father is Oleksandr Volodymyr Abramenko, a former footballer who played for a few amateur teams in Ukraine and currently is a security officer at MFC Mykolaiv.[11]

Largely unknown to the public until earning his 2018 Olympic gold medal, Abramenko's place of birth was a source of confusion to his fans as many populated places in Ukraine carry names similar to Pervomaiskyi.[3]

Career results

Winter Olympics

YearPlaceAerials
2006Italy Torino, Italy27
2010Canada Vancouver, Canada24
2014Russia Sochi, Russia6
2018South Korea Pyeongchang, South Korea1

World Championships

YearPlaceAerials
2005Finland Ruka, Finland25
2007Italy Madonna di Campiglio, Italy16
2009Japan Inawashiro, Japan5
2011United States Deer Valley, United States7
2013Norway Voss, Norway6
2015Austria Kreischberg, Austria10

World Cup

Podiums

SeasonPlaceRank
2011–12Belarus Minsk, Belarus2
2011–12Norway Voss, Norway3
2014–15United States Deer Valley, United States3
2014–15Belarus Minsk, Belarus1
2015–16China Beijing, China3
2015–16United States Deer Valley, United States3
2015–16United States Deer Valley, United States2
2017–18United States Lake Placid, United States2

Rankings

SeasonAerialsOverall
2005–0648177
2006–072574
2007–081548
2008–09928
2009–103084
2010–11820
2011–12720
2012–131138
2013–141243
2014–15621
2015–1615
2016–17missed
2017–18TBDTBD

References

  1. ↑ "Олександр Абраменко - олімпійський чемпіон". kharkivoda.gov.ua (in uk.). Kharkiv Oblast state administration. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 FIS Profile
  3. 1 2 Romanyuk, T. "Golden" Abramenko: the route of the Ukrainian to the Olympic medal ("Золотий" Абраменко: шлях українця до олімпійської медалі). BBC Ukrayina. 19 February 2018
  4. ↑ "Sports Reference Profile".
  5. ↑ "Caldwell and Lillis finish on top in Minsk".
  6. ↑ "World Cup Ranking" (PDF).
  7. ↑ "Oleksandr Abramenko - the holder of the small World Cup in freestyle skiing".
  8. ↑ "Лідер збірної України з фрістайлу Олександр Абраменко відверто оцінив свої олімпійські шанси".
  9. ↑ "Олександр Абраменко у Лейк Плесіді здобув «срібло» етапу КС-17/18 з фрістайлу в акробатиці".
  10. ↑ "Фрістайліст Абраменко зайняв 2-ге місце на етапі КС і кваліфікувався на Олімпіаду".
  11. ↑ A son of the MFC Mykolaiv security officer is an Olympic champion (Син офіцера безпеки МФК "Миколаїв" - олімпійський чемпіон). PFL.ua. 19 February 2018
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