Assol Slivets Explained

Assol Vitalyevna Slivets (Russian: Ассоль Витальевна Сливец; born 22 June 1982), also known under the nickname Assol "Oly" Slivets, is a Belarusian, and later Russian freestyle skier. She competed for Belarus until 2011, and then switched to Russia.^[1]

She has participated at two Olympic Games in the Aerial event. She came fifth at the 2006 Olympics and reached the finals at the 2010 Olympics.^[2]

She won a bronze at the 2007 World Ski Championships in the Aerials event.

She made the podium at five of her first 53 World Cup events.^[3]

Her hometown club in Minsk was the Republican Centre for Physical Education and Sports.^[4] Later she moved to Sochi. Assol Slivets is a sister of a freestyle skier Timofei Slivets.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://ria.ru/sport/20110826/424529043.html. ru:Фристайлистка из Белоруссии Сливец получила российский паспорт. 26 August 2011. RIA Novosti. Russian. 6 February 2014.
2. Web site: Assol Slivets . Olympedia . 9 July 2020.
3. Web site: FIS-Ski - biographie . www.fis-ski.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110604100211/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/613.html?sector=FS&competitorid=56521&type=result&category=ALL&season=ALL&sort=&discipline=ALL&position=&place=&Submit=Search&rec_start=0&limit=100 . 2011-06-04.
4. Web site: Assoli Slivets - Freestyle Skiing Athletes : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics . 2010-02-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100221200239/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-freestyle-skiing/athletes/assoli-slivets_ath1017358qm.html . 2010-02-21 .