Yuliya Galysheva

Yulia Evgenievna Galysheva (, 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.

She also represented Kazakhstan at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

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