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Bohdana Matsotska

Bohdana Matsotska

Ukrainian alpine skier

Bohdana Olehivna Matsotska[1] (Ukrainian: Богдана Олегівна Мацьоцька, also spelled Bogdana, born August 27, 1989) is an alpine skier from Ukraine. She competed for Ukraine at the 2010 Winter Olympics[2] and was to compete for Ukraine at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Her best result was a 37th place in the slalom, achieved in 2010.[3]

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On 19 February 2014 Matsotska refused further participating in the 2014 Winter Olympics in protest against the violent clashes in Ukrainian's capital Kiev the previous day.[4] She and her father posted a message on Facebook stating "In solidarity with the fighters on the barricades of the Maidan, and as a protest against the criminal actions made towards the protesters, the irresponsibility of the president and his lackey government, we refuse further performance at the Olympic Games in Sochi 2014".[4]

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References

  1. [1]
    Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bohdana Matsotska". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. [2]
    "Bogdana Matsotska". Vancouver 2010. Archived from the original on 28 February 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
  3. [3]
    "Ladies' Slalom Results". Vancouver 2010. Archived from the original on 28 February 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
  4. [4]
    "Ukrainian Olympic alpine skier quits Sochi, blames Yanukovych for deaths on EuroMaidan". Kyiv Post. 19 February 2014. Bogdana Matsotska


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