Birth Place: | Chervonoarmiysk, now Radyvyliv, Rivne oblast, Ukraine |
Height: | 1.76m (05.77feet) |
Weight: | 71kg (157lb) |
Sport: | Freestyle skiing |
Club: | Dynamo Minsk |
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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.