Yuliya Galysheva

Yulia Galysheva
Galysheva in 2015
Country	Kazakhstani
Born	(1992-10-23) 23 October 1992 Oskemen, Kazakhstan
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
World Cup career
Seasons	2010–
Indiv. podiums	16
Indiv. wins	4
Medal record Women's freestyle skiing Representing Kazakhstan Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang Moguls World Championships 2019 Utah Moguls 2017 Sierra Nevada Dual Moguls 2021 Almaty Moguls 2015 Kreischberg Dual Moguls Asian Winter Games 2011 Astana-Almaty Moguls 2011 Astana-Almaty Dual moguls Winter Universiade 2015 Granada Moguls 2017 Almaty Moguls 2017 Almaty Dual moguls

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Evgenievna and the family name is 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.

Athletic career

Yulia Galysheva has competed at international challenges since March 2006. She debuted 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 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 won in the Europa cup stage in Jyväskylä. Next year, she became juniors World champion in moguls. Also, she won a 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 the first world champion title for Kazakh moguls at the FIS Freestyle skiing and Snowboarding Championships 2019. And her Olympic bronze medal at Pyeongchang 2018 is also historical for Kazakh freestyle skiing because it is the 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

2021 – Almaty 2nd, 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

External links

• Yuliya Galysheva at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• Yuliya Galysheva at Olympedia (archive)
• Yuliya Galysheva at Olympics.com
• Yuliya Galysheva at Olympic.kz