Dmytro Mazurchuk

Dmytro Mazurchuk (Ukrainian: Дмитро Валерійович Мазурчук; born January 19, 1999, in Kremenets, Ukraine[1]) is a Ukrainian Nordic combined skier and former ski jumper. He competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics. He is bronze medallist of the 2023 Winter World University Games.[2]

Dmytro Mazurchuk
Mazurchuk in 2020
Full nameDmytro Valeriyovych Mazurchuk
Born (1999-01-19) 19 January 1999
Kremenets, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine
Medal record
Men's Nordic combined
Representing  Ukraine
Winter Universiade
Bronze medal – third place2023 Lake PlacidMen's team sprint
Updated on 18 January 2023.

Career

Mazurchuk started his international career when he competed at the 2015 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival in Tschagguns, Austria, where he was 29th in the NH/10 km competition. At the beginning of his sporting career, Mazurchuk also competed in ski jumping, but those were only FIS Cup competitions. He last started as a ski jumper in September 2018.

At the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Norwegian Lillehammer, he was 7th in the NH/5 km competition.[3]

Mazurchuk participated at five Junior World Championships between 2015 and 2019. His best personal results were 14th in HN/5 km and NH/10 km competitions in Swiss Kandersteg in 2018. Afterwards, he participated at three World Championships.[4]

Mazurchuk debuted at the World Cup on January 13, 2018, in Italian Val di Fiemme where he was 16th in men's team sprint (together with Pasichnyk). His first individual World Cup race took place on November 30, 2018, in Norwegian Lillehammer, where he was 55th. As of January 2023, Mazurchuk's best individual World Cup result was 30th on January 9, 2022, in Val di Fiemme, Italy.[5] His best personal Continental Cup result remains 8th rank from December 4, 2021, in Chinese Zhangjiakou.

In 2022, Mazurchuk was nominated for his first Winter Games in Beijing.[6] He participated at both individual events. His best finish was 32nd in the large hill/10 km competition.[7]

At the 2023 Winter World University Games, Mazurchuk finished 5th in the normal hill/10 km and 7th in the mass start 10 km/normal hill. On 17 January, he won a bronze medal in the team sprint event with Vitalii Hrebeniuk, which was the first-ever medal for Ukraine in this sport at the Winter Universiades. He represented Lviv State University of Physical Culture.[8]

Results

Olympic Games
YearEventNHLHTeam
2022China Beijing, China3632

World Championships
YearEventNHLHTeamTeam sprint
2017Finland Lahti, Finland525114
2019Austria Seefeld, Austria404613
2021Germany Oberstdorf, Germany41371112

References
  1. "Skier from Krements will take part at the Olympic Games". terminovo.te.ua. January 17, 2022. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  2. Україна здобула другу медаль Універсіади-2023: перша в історії у лижному двоборстві, Suspilne (in Ukrainian).
  3. "Dmytro Mazurchuk: "I always want to improve my results"". National Olympic Committee of Ukraine. February 17, 2016. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  4. "Ukraine announced its squad for the Nordic Ski World Championships 2021". Suspilne. February 24, 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  5. "Nordic combined: Ukrainian Mazurchuk won his first World Cup". sport.ua. January 9, 2022. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  6. "Official list of Ukrainian delegation at the 2022 Winter Games was published". Suspilne. January 21, 2022. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  7. Олімпіада-2022. Українець Мазурчук посів 32-е місце у лижному двоборстві, ua-football.com, 15 February 2022 (in Ukrainian).
  8. Mazurchuk's profile at the web page of the 2023 Winter World University Games
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