Anastasiya Shepilenko

Anastasiya Shepilenko
Personal information
Born (2000-10-09) 9 October 2000
Lviv, Ukraine
OccupationAlpine skier
Sport
Country Ukraine
Skiing career
DisciplinesSuper-G, giant slalom, slalom
World Cup debut23 January 2022
Olympics
Teams2 – (2022, 2026)
World Championships
Teams4 – (2019, 2021, 2023, 2025)
World Cup
Seasons2 – (2022, 2025)

Anastasiya Ruslanivna Shepilenko (Ukrainian: Анастасія Русланівна Шепіленко, born 9 October 2000) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Ukraine.[1] She represented Ukraine at the 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympics.[2]

Career

Shepilenko was born in Lviv.[3] She started her international career in 2017 when she represented Ukraine at the 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival in Turkish Erzerum (she was 25th in slalom and 36th in giant slalom). After that she competed at four World Junior Championships achieving following best results by discipline: 23rd in alpine combined in 2020, 28th in Super-G in 2020, 30th in slalom in 2021, 35th in downhill in 2020, 51st in giant slalom in 2020. She also competed at the 2023 and 2025 Winter World University Games, achieving 3 finished in the top 10 with 7th in the 2025 Super-G being the best result.

Shepilenko debuted at the World Cup on 23 January 2022, when she finished 34th in Super-G in Cortina d'Ampezzo.[4]

In 2022, Anastasiya Shepilenko was nominated for her first Winter Games in Beijing.[5] Her best finish at the Games was 37th in Super-G.

As of January 2025, Shepilenko participated at four consecutive World Championships from 2019 to 2025. As of 2025, her best performance was 30th in Super-G in 2023. In 2025, Ukraine competed in the team event for the first time ever, losing 0–4 to Italy in the first round. The team included both sisters Shepilenko, Maksym Mariichyn, and Roman Tsybelenko.

On 3 September 2025, Anastasiya Shepilenko finished 3rd behind American Haley Cutler and Czech Barbora Novakova in downhill at the South American Cup stage held in La Parva, Chile.[6]

Career results

Olympics

Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined Team
combined
Team
event
2022 21 DNF1 39 37 N/a
2026 25 DNF1 39 DNF 32 N/a N/a

World Championships

Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom
Super-G Downhill Combined Team
combined
Team
event
2019 18 41 64 N/a
2021 20 35 36 39 N/a
2023 22 47 36 30 N/a
2025 24 DNF1 DNF2 31 N/a 13

World Cup

Results per discipline

Discipline WC starts WC Podium WC Top 5 WC Top 15 WC Top 30 Best result
Date Location Place
Slalom 0 0 0 0 0
Giant slalom 2 0 0 0 0 26 October 2024 Sölden, Austria 56th
Super-G 1 0 0 0 0 23 January 2022 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy 34th
Downhill 0 0 0 0 0
Combined 0 0 0 0 0
Total 3 0 0 0 0
  • Standings through 2 January 2026.

European Cup

Results per discipline

Discipline EC starts EC Podium EC Top 5 EC Top 15 EC Top 30 Best result
Date Location Place
Slalom 2 0 0 0 0 17 January 2020 Zell am See, Austria 48th
Giant slalom 7 0 0 0 1 3 December 2024 Zinal, Switzerland 30th
Super-G 3 0 0 0 0 20 January 2026 St. Anton, Austria 49th
Downhill 4 0 0 0 0 2 February 2023 Châtel, France 42th
Combined 0 0 0 0 0
Total 16 0 0 0 1
  • Standings through 27 February 2026.

Personal life

Her mother, Yuliya Shepilenko, is a former alpine skier who represented Ukraine at the 1998 Winter Olympics.[7] Her sister Kateryna, who is two years younger, is also an alpine skier and participated at the World Championships.[8]

Shepilenko studied at Lviv State School of Physical Culture.[9] She completed a bachelor's programm in physical education and sports at the Lviv State University of Physical Culture.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ "Anastasiia SHEPILENKO". FIS-ski.com. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  2. ^ "Anastasiia SHEPILENKO". Beijing 2022 Olympics. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Anastasiia SHEPILENKO". Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  4. ^ "Гірські лижі. Українка Шепіленко – 34-та у супергіганті в Кортіні д'Ампеццо" [Alpine skiing. Ukrainian Shepilenko – 34th in the Super-G in Cortina d'Ampezzo]. sport.ua (in Ukrainian). 23 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  5. ^ Мандзій, Олексій (21 January 2022). "Україна офіційно затвердила склад збірної на Олімпійські ігри-2022: хто в команді" [Ukraine officially approved the composition of the national team for the 2022 Olympic Games: who is in the team]. Суспільне | Новини (in Ukrainian). Suspilne. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Українська гірськолижниця з нагороди розпочинає сезон на Кубку Південної Америки" [Ukrainian alpine skier starts the season with a medal at the South American Cup.]. Kamp-Sport.com (in Ukrainian). 8 September 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
  7. ^ "Сестри Шепіленко наслідують свою маму – відому у минулому гірськолижницю" [Shepilenko sisters are following in the footsteps of their mother, a former alpine skier]. ufk.lviv.ua (in Ukrainian). Lviv State University of Physical Culture. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Анастасія Шепіленко – дворазова чемпіонка України з гірськолижного спорту" [Anastasia Shepilenko – two-time Ukrainian champion in alpine skiing]. ldufk.edu.uaAnastasia Shepilenko – two-time Ukrainian champion in alpine skiing. Lviv State University of Physical Culture. Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Анастасія Шепіленко змагалась на Європейському олімпійському фестивалі" [Anastasia Shepilenko competed at the European Olympic Festival]. ufk.lviv.ua (in Ukrainian). Lviv State School of Physical Culture. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Вступна кампанія 2018" [Admission campaign 2018]. abit-poisk.org.ua (in Ukrainian). 1 September 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  11. ^ "Гірськолижниця Анастасія Шепіленко – дворазова чемпіонка України серед юніорок" [Alpine skier Anastasia Shepilenko is a two-time Ukrainian junior champion]. ldufk.edu.ua (in Ukrainian). Lviv State University of Physical Culture. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.