Bohdana Matsotska Explained

Bohdana Matsotska
Full Name:	Bohdana Olehivna Matsotska
Birth Date:	27 August 1989
Birth Place:	Kosiv, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Updated:	February 10, 2013

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]

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]

Performances

Bohdana Matsotska. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418001136/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/bohdana-matsotska-1.html . dead . 2020-04-18 .
Web site: Bogdana Matsotska . Vancouver 2010 . 7 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100228064752/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-alpine-skiing/athletes/bogdana-matsotska_ath1007831Ed.html . 28 February 2010 . dead .
Web site: Ladies' Slalom Results . Vancouver 2010 . 7 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100228135632/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-alpine-skiing/schedule-and-results/ladies-slalom-2nd-run_asw020102ig.html . 28 February 2010 . dead .
News: Ukrainian Olympic alpine skier quits Sochi, blames Yanukovych for deaths on EuroMaidan . . 19 February 2014 . Bogdana Matsotska.