Anton Kushnir

Anton Kushnir
Personal information
Born13 October 1984 (1984-10-13) (age 40)
Chervonoarmiysk, now Radyvyliv, Rivne oblast, Ukraine
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)
Sport
SportFreestyle skiing
ClubDynamo Minsk
Medal record
Representing  Belarus
Olympic Games
2014 Sochi Aerials
FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships
2011 Deer Valley Aerials

Anton Sergeyevich Kushnir (Belarusian: Антон Сяргеевіч Кушнір,Russian: Антон Сергеевич Кушнир born 13 October 1984 in Chervonoarmiysk, now Radyvyliv, Rivne oblast, Ukraine) is a Belarusian aerial skier who competed in the 2006, 2010 and the 2014 Winter Olympics.[1][2] He has five World Cup victories.[3] Kushnir won a bronze medal at the 2011 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships. He won a gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, with the highest score in Olympics history.

He is of Ukrainian origin.

References

  1. ^ "Anton Kushnir". National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Anton Kushnir". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Anton KUSHNIR". FIS-ski.com. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016.