Maryna Antsybor Explained

Maryna Antsybor
Fullname:Maryna Mykolayivna Antsybor
Birth Date:10 October 1987
Birth Place:Konotop, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Club:Dynamo
Seasons:11 – (20082009, 20112016, 2018, 20212022)
Totalpodiums:0
Teampodiums:0
Individual Starts:70
Team Starts:7
Wcoveralls:0 – (74th in 2008)
Wctitles:0
Updated:8 January 2023

Maryna Mykolayivna Antsybor (Ukrainian: Марина Миколаївна Анцибор, born 10 October 1987, in Konotop, Ukrainian SSR[1]) is a Ukrainian cross country skier who has competed internationally since 2005. She represented Ukraine at the 2010, 2014, and 2018 Winter Olympics. She won a gold and a bronze medal at the 2013 Winter Universiade as well as a silver medal at the 2011 Winter Universiade. . She competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Women's 10 kilometre classical, Women's 30 kilometre freestyle, Women's 15 kilometre skiathlon, Women's sprint, and Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay.[2]

Career

Antsybor started her international career in 2005 when she participated at the 2005 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival in Swiss Monthey and finished 4th in 7.5 km freestyle race and 13th in 5 km classical race. She also took part in three FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships between 2005 and 2007, with her best personal result being 7th in 10 km pursuit in Italian Tarvisio in 2007.

She debuted at World Cup on December 1, 2007, in Finnish Kuusamo where she finished 61st in classical sprint. That season, she had three Top-30 results and earned her first World Cup points. As of January 2022, Antsybor's best World Cup individual finish was 19th at a 7.6 km event in Liberec, Czech Republic, on December 16, 2008, and best World Cup team finishes were 11th in team relay in Lahti, Finland, on January 24, 2021 (together with Kaminska, Olekh, and Kovalova), and in Gällivare, Sweden, on November 21, 2010 (together with Nesterenko, Hryhorenko, and Shevchenko).

At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she finished 14th in the 4 × 5 km relay (together with Zavalii, Hryhorenko, and Shevchenko), 15th in the team sprint (together with Hryhorenko), and 37th in the 10 km events. Antsybor also competed in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit event, but did not finish.

She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi where she was 47th in skiathlon, 35th in mass start, 12th in relay (together with Antypenko, Hryhorenko, and Shevchenko) and 34th in sprint.[3]

Antsybor was nominated for Ukrainian national team at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.[4] She was 46th in 10 km individual race, 53rd in skiathlon, 56th in sprint, and 19th in team sprint (together with Antypenko).

In 2022, Maryna Antsybor was nominated for her fourth Winter Games in Beijing.[5]

She participated in six FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.[6] Her best finish was 10th in the 4 × 5 km relay in 2013 (together with Antypenko, Hryhorenko, and Shevchenko) while her best individual finish was 30st in the 30 km event in 2009. She also took part in four Universiades (2007, 2011, 2013, 2015) and won three medals.[7]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

 Year  Age  10 km 
 individual 
 15 km 
 skiathlon 
 30 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint  4 × 5 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
22 14
26
30 19
34 18

World Championships

 Year  Age  10 km 
 individual 
 15 km 
 skiathlon 
 30 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint  4 × 5 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
19 16
21
23
25 19
27 14
33 18

World Cup

Season standings

 Season  Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standings
OverallDistanceSprintNordic
Opening
Tour de
Ski
World Cup
Final
Ski Tour
Canada
20 74 49
21
23 61
24 108 78 65 44
25 99 70 57 35
26 60
27
28 73
30
33 111 81 60
34

Personal life

On February 16, 2017, she gave birth to a son.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Information about sports competitions. February 17, 2010. konotop-rada.gov.ua. January 21, 2022.
  2. Web site: Maryna ANTSYBOR . olympics.com.
  3. Web site: Sochi 2014. Maryna Atsybor: "I don't feel good, maybe because of acclimatisation. February 8, 2014. isport.ua. January 21, 2022.
  4. Web site: Ukrainian cross country skier Antsybor will start in 5 races in Pyeongchang. February 6, 2018. isport.ua. January 21, 2022.
  5. Web site: Ukraine got six individual quota places for 2022 Olympics in cross country skiing. January 18, 2022. Suspilne. January 19, 2022.
  6. Web site: Cross country skiers from Sumy will start at the World Championships. September 2, 2021. 0542.ua. January 21, 2022.
  7. Web site: Gold medal at the Universiade. December 19, 2013. silskivisti.kiev.ua. January 21, 2022.
  8. Web site: Olympian Maryna Antsybor: I had been just a mother for three month, and after that I became mother-sportswoman. January 25, 2018. debaty.sumy.ua. January 21, 2022.