Oleksandr Abramenko
{{short description|Ukrainian freestyle skier}}
{{Infobox skier
| name = Oleksandr Abramenko
| fullname = Олександр Володимирович Абраменко
| image = Олександр Абраменко.jpeg
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1988|5|4}}
| birth_place = Pervomaiskyi, Kharkiv Oblast{{cite web |url= http://kharkivoda.gov.ua/news/91235 |script-title=uk:Олександр Абраменко – олімпійський чемпіон|date=18 February 2018 |website= kharkivoda.gov.ua|publisher=Kharkiv Oblast state administration|access-date=19 February 2018|language=uk}}
| height = 1.80 m
| wins = 1
| totalpodiums = 8
| wcoveralls =
| wctitles = 1 – Aerials (2015–16)
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's freestyle skiing}}
{{MedalCountry|{{UKR}}}}
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalGold|2018 Pyeongchang|Aerials}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Beijing|Aerials}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Utah|Aerials}}
{{MedalCompetition|Junior World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2006 Krasnoe Ozero|Aerials}}
| updated = 7 February 2019
}}
Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Abramenko ({{langx|uk|Олександр Володимирович Абраменко}}; born 4 May 1988) is a Ukrainian Olympic gold medalist freestyle skier, specializing in aerials.[https://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sectorcode=FS&competitorid=103567 FIS Profile] He is the 2015–16 Aerials World Cup winner. He competed at the 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics,Romanyuk, T. [http://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/sport-43110410 "Golden" Abramenko: the route of the Ukrainian to the Olympic medal ("Золотий" Абраменко: шлях українця до олімпійської медалі)]. BBC Ukrayina. 19 February 2018 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.{{Cite web|date=2022-02-20|title=Beijing 2022: Ukraine's Top 5 Takeaways - KyivPost - Ukraine's Global Voice|url=https://www.kyivpost.com/sport/beijing-2022-ukraines-top-5-takeaways.html|access-date=2022-02-22|website=KyivPost}}
Career
Abramenko competed at the 2005 World Championships in Ruka, Finland, where he was 25th. Abramenko made his World Cup debut on 8 January 2006 in Mont Gabriel, Canada. He placed eighteenth. Even though he was quite young and inexperienced, he competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. In aerials, he did not advance, placing 27th in the qualifying round. On 6 March 2006, he won a silver medal at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Krasnoe Ozero, Russia. On 19 January 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 event's qualifying round, again failing to advance to the final.{{cite web |title=Sports Reference Profile|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ab/oleksandr-abramenko-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418001135/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ab/oleksandr-abramenko-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18}}
His first World Cup podium came on 25 February 2012, in Minsk, Belarus, when he was second after another Ukrainian Stanislav Kravchuk. That year he also was 3rd in Voss, Norway.
At the 2014 Winter Olympics, he reached the final and placed 6th.
He celebrated his first victory on 1 March 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.{{cite web |title=Caldwell and Lillis finish on top in Minsk|url=http://www.fis-ski.com/freestyle-skiing/moguls-aerials/news-multimedia/news/article=caldwell-and-lillis-finish-top-minsk.html}}{{cite web |title=World Cup Ranking|url=http://medias4.fis-ski.com/pdf/2016/FS/8075/2016FS8075OST.pdf}}{{cite web |title=Oleksandr Abramenko – the holder of the small World Cup in freestyle skiing|url=http://noc-ukr.org/news/12024/}} That season was the most successful for him because Abramenko's results were 5th, 3rd, 3rd, 2nd, 13th, and 5th.
In the summer of 2016, Abramenko suffered a severe injury. While practicing on water, he injured his cruciate ligaments and his meniscus and transverse ligament.{{cite web|title=Лідер збірної України з фрістайлу Олександр Абраменко відверто оцінив свої олімпійські шанси|url=http://plussport.com.ua/news/201712/5698-lider-zbirnoyi-ukrayiny-fristaylu-oleksandr-abramenko|access-date=2018-01-20|archive-date=2018-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121071528/http://plussport.com.ua/news/201712/5698-lider-zbirnoyi-ukrayiny-fristaylu-oleksandr-abramenko|url-status=dead}}{{in lang|uk}} 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 21st in Beijing. But later, his performances improved, and on 19 January 2018, he achieved his eighth podium in Lake Placid, United States. He was then second after China's Jia Zongyang.{{cite web|url=https://zik.ua/news/2018/01/20/oleksandr_abramenko_u_leyk_plesidi_zdobuv_sriblo_etapu_ks1718_z_1248677|title=Олександр Абраменко у Лейк Плесіді здобув "срібло" етапу КС-17/18 з фрістайлу в акробатиці|access-date=2018-01-20|archive-date=2018-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180121071214/https://zik.ua/news/2018/01/20/oleksandr_abramenko_u_leyk_plesidi_zdobuv_sriblo_etapu_ks1718_z_1248677|url-status=dead}}{{in lang|uk}} These results assured him a spot in 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.{{cite web|url=https://sport.unian.ua/othersports/2356445-fristaylist-abramenko-zaynyav-2-e-mistse-na-etapi-ks-i-kvalifikuvavsya-na-olimpiadu.html|title=Фрістайліст Абраменко зайняв 2-ге місце на етапі КС і кваліфікувався на Олімпіаду}}{{in lang|uk}} At the 2018 Winter Olympics he surprisingly became the winner.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha5b3Vn32pE Video of Abramenko's Olympic performance] Abramenko became the second native of Ukraine to win Olympic gold in freestyle after Anton Kushnir, who in 2014 represented Belarus.
On 6 February 2019, he won the silver medal at the World Championships in Utah, United States.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-sports/2635456-ukrainskij-fristajlist-abramenko-vigrav-sriblo-cempionatu-svitu-u-liznij-akrobatici.html|title=Ukrainian freestyle skier Abramenko won a silver medal in aerials at the World Championships|date=February 7, 2019|publisher=ukrinform.ua|accessdate=January 25, 2022}} It was Ukraine's first World Championships medal in men's aerials.
In 2022, Oleksandr Abramenko competed in his fifth Winter Games in Beijing.{{Cite web|url=https://suspilne.media/199917-ukraina-oficijno-zatverdila-sklad-zbirnoi-na-olimpijski-igri-2022-hto-v-komandi/|title=Official list of Ukrainian delegation at the 2022 Winter Games was published|date=January 21, 2022|publisher=Suspilne|accessdate=January 28, 2022}} He won a silver in the Aerials with a score of 116.5.{{Cite web|date=2022-02-16|title=China's Qi quint-twists to gold in men's aerials|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/33302352/china-qi-guangpu-quint-twists-gold-olympic-men-aerials|access-date=2022-02-16|website=ESPN.com|language=en}}
Personal life
Abramenko's father is Volodymyr Abramenko, a former footballer who played for a few amateur teams in Ukraine and is currently a security officer at MFC Mykolaiv.[https://web.archive.org/web/20180220041116/http://pfl.ua/news/details/10071 A son of the MFC Mykolaiv security officer is an Olympic champion (Син офіцера безпеки МФК "Миколаїв" – олімпійський чемпіон)]. PFL.ua. 19 February 2018
Largely unknown to the public until he earned 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.
On March 4, 2022, The New York Times reported that Abramenko was planning to leave Kyiv to stay with his coach Enver Ablaev who lives in Mukachevo, Transcarpathian region.{{Cite news |last1=Branch |first1=John |date=2022-03-04 |title=He Won an Olympic Silver for Ukraine. Now He's Hiding in a Kyiv Garage. |language=en-US |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/04/sports/olympics/oleksandr-abramenko-ukraine-hug.html |access-date=2022-03-05 |issn=0362-4331}}
Career results
=Winter Olympics=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" | |||
| Year | Place | Aerials | Team event |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Torino, Italy | 27 | — |
| 2010 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|CAN}} Vancouver, Canada | 24 | — |
| 2014 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|RUS}} Sochi, Russia | 6 | — |
| 2018 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|KOR}} Pyeongchang, South Korea | bgcolor=gold | 1 | — |
| 2022 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|CHN}} Beijing, China | bgcolor=silver | 2 | — |
=World Championships=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" | |||
| Year | Place | Aerials | Team event |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|FIN}} Ruka, Finland | 25 | — |
| 2007 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|ITA}} Madonna di Campiglio, Italy | 16 | — |
| 2009 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Inawashiro, Japan | 5 | — |
| 2011 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|USA}} Deer Valley, United States | 7 | — |
| 2013 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|NOR}} Voss, Norway | 6 | — |
| 2015 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|AUT}} Kreischberg, Austria | 10 | — |
| 2019 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|USA}} Utah, United States | bgcolor=silver| 2 | — |
| 2021 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|KAZ}} Shymbulak, Kazakhstan | 10 | 5 |
=World Cup=
==Individual podiums==
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" | ||
| Season | Place | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|BLR}} Minsk, Belarus | bgcolor=silver| 2 |
| 2011–12 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|NOR}} Voss, Norway | bgcolor="cc9966"| 3 |
| 2014–15 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|USA}} Deer Valley, United States | bgcolor="cc9966"| 3 |
| 2014–15 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|BLR}} Minsk, Belarus | bgcolor=gold| 1 |
| 2015–16 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|CHN}} Beijing, China | bgcolor="cc9966"| 3 |
| 2015–16 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|USA}} Deer Valley, United States | bgcolor="cc9966"| 3 |
| 2015–16 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|USA}} Deer Valley, United States | bgcolor=silver| 2 |
| 2017–18 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|USA}} Lake Placid, United States | bgcolor=silver| 2 |
==Team podiums==
==Individual rankings==
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" | ||
| Season | Aerials | Overall |
|---|---|---|
| style="text-align:left;"| 2005–06 | 48 | 177 |
| style="text-align:left;"| 2006–07 | 25 | 74 |
| style="text-align:left;"| 2007–08 | 15 | 48 |
| style="text-align:left;"| 2008–09 | 9 | 28 |
| style="text-align:left;"| 2009–10 | 30 | 84 |
| style="text-align:left;"| 2010–11 | 8 | 20 |
| style="text-align:left;"| 2011–12 | 7 | 20 |
| style="text-align:left;"| 2012–13 | 11 | 38 |
| style="text-align:left;"| 2013–14 | 12 | 43 |
| style="text-align:left;"| 2014–15 | 6 | 21 |
| style="text-align:left;"| 2015–16 | bgcolor=gold| 1 | 5 |
| style="text-align:left;"| 2016–17 | colspan="2"|{{sort|1000|missed}} | |
| style="text-align:left;"| 2017–18 | 6 | 31 |
| style="text-align:left;"| 2018–19 | 16 | 85 |
| style="text-align:left;"| 2019–20 | colspan="2"|{{sort|1000|missed}} | |
| style="text-align:left;"| 2020–21 | 13 | — |
=European Cup=
==Individual podiums==
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" | ||
| Season | Place | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009–10 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|UKR}} Bukovel, Ukraine | bgcolor=silver| 2 |
| 2010–11 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|UKR}} Bukovel, Ukraine | bgcolor=gold| 1 |
| 2010–11 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|UKR}} Bukovel, Ukraine | bgcolor=gold| 1 |
| 2013–14 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|FIN}} Ruka, Finland | bgcolor=gold| 1 |
| 2014–15 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|FIN}} Ruka, Finland | bgcolor=silver| 2 |
| 2015–16 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|FIN}} Ruka, Finland | bgcolor=silver| 2 |
| 2017–18 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|FIN}} Ruka, Finland | bgcolor=gold| 1 |
| 2017–18 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|FIN}} Ruka, Finland | bgcolor=gold| 1 |
| 2020–21 | style="text-align:left;"| {{flagicon|SUI}} Airolo, Switzerland | bgcolor=silver| 2 |
References
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External links
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- {{Sports-reference}}
- [http://espreso.tv/tag/oleksandr_abramenko More news, pictures, videos and information about Oleksandr Abramenko on espreso.tv]
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