Ivan Kovbasnyuk
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Ivan Kovbasnyuk |
| Born | 18 May 1993 |
| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Skiing |
| Updated on 3 January 2026 | |
Ivan Kovbasnyuk (born 18 May 1993) is a Ukrainian alpine skier. He represented Ukraine at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics.
Skiing career
Kovbasnyuk began skiing at the age of three. His mother, who worked as an alpine skiing coach, introduced him to the sport.
As of December 2025, his best individual performance at the World Championships was 30th in slalom at the 2021 Championships.[2] As of December 2025, he participated three times at World Cup: twice (2015, 2017) in giant slalom in Sölden, Austria, and once (2018) in super-G in Val Gardena, Italy, where he finished 61st. His best World Cup result was 58th in giant slalom in Sölden, Austria, on 25 October 2015.[3]
In 2022, Kovbasnyuk was nominated for his second Winter Games in Beijing.[4] He finished 14th in the combined event.
He participated at the 2013 and 2017 Winter Universiade (but did not start in any event in 2017). His best finish was 34th in downhill in 2013.
Personal life
After the 2023 World Cup, Kovbasnyuk had to join the military service against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5]
Results
Winter Olympics results
| Year | |||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | Team Event | |
| 2018 | 24 | DNF1 | 57 | DNF | 49 | DNF2 | — |
| 2022 | 28 | DNF1 | — | 32 | 33 | 14 | — |
World Championships results
| Year | ||||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant Slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | Team Combined |
Team Event | |
| 2013 | 19 | DNF1 | 73 | 65 | — | — | N/a | — |
| 2015 | 21 | 37 | 55 | — | — | — | N/a | — |
| 2017 | 23 | 47 | DNF1 | 48 | — | — | N/a | — |
| 2019 | 25 | DNF1 | 52 | 48 | 54 | DNF2 | N/a | — |
| 2021 | 27 | 30 | 60 | DNF | — | DNF2 | N/a | — |
| 2023 | 29 | DNF1 | 42 | 43 | — | DNF2 | N/a | — |
| 2025 | 31 | — | DNF1 | DNF | 54 | N/a | 26 | — |
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 | 25 October 2015 | Sölden, Austria | 58th |
| Super-G | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 December 2018 | Val Gardena, Italy | 61st |
| Downhill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Combined | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
- Standings through 3 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Giant slalom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Super-G | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 January 2025 | Reiteralm, Austria | 54th |
| Downhill | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 January 2023 | Sella Nevea, Italy | 58th |
| Combined | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 December 2015 | Sölden, Austria | 60th |
| Total | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
- Standings through 2 January 2026.
Personal life
He graduated from Precarpathian National University in Ivano-Frankivsk.
References
- ^ "Ivan Kovbasnyuk became Ukrainian champion in alpine skiing". uzhgorod.net.ua. February 17, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
- ^ "One ranking within the top-30. Which results the Ukrainian national team achieved at the World Championships". Suspilne. February 24, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
- ^ "Official Results Run 1" (PDF). FIS. October 25, 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
- ^ "Official list of Ukrainian delegation at the 2022 Winter Games was published". Suspilne. January 21, 2022. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
- ^ ""Ich muss aufs Schlachtfeld": Ukrainischer Ski-Star zieht direkt nach WM in den Krieg". Hamburger Morgenpost (in German). February 11, 2023. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
External links
- Ivan Kovbasnyuk at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Ivan Kovbasnyuk at Olympedia
- Ivan Kovbasnyuk at Olympics.com
- Ivan Kovbasnyuk at PyeongChang 2018 official web page at the Wayback Machine (archived 25 February 2018)
- Ivan Kovbasnyuk on Instagram
- Facebook profile