Born in Owen Sound, Ontario, Yurkiw made her World Cup debut at Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria, in a downhill event in January 2007. In 2015, she achieved a personal best at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy when she placed 2nd in the DH discipline. She went on to achieve three more World Cup podiums.
On December 16, 2009, a crash during a training run at Val d'Isere resulted in an ACL tear, MCL tear, patellar tendon tear and tears in both the lateral and medial miniscus in her left knee. She did not compete on home soil at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia.
Prior to debuting on the world stage, she had much success as a junior ski racer. She made her debut on the Nor-Am Cup on March 10, 2004, held at her home club, Georgian Peaks. From 2005 to 2009, she reached the podium seventeen times, having won gold eight times in all disciplines but slalom. She also had success racing on the GMC Cup (also known as Pontiac Cup), a non-FIS sanctioned ski series that challenges Canada's most promising skiers. In 2007, Larisa competed on the South American Cup, having posted four top 10 results.
Yurkiw picked up a silver medal at the 2008 FIS Junior World Ski Championships in Formigal, Spain in the combined discipline. From 2006 to 2008, she posted three more top 10 results at this event.
She earned two gold medals at the 2008 Canadian National Championships in Super-G and downhill, and three silver medals in 2009. Since she was still considered a junior in both 2008 and 2009, she went on to become the Canadian National Junior Champion in downhill, giant slalom, and slalom.
Yurkiw announced her retirement on May 11, 2016, via social media, citing her desire to preserve her health. This had come after the best season of her career.
larisa, yurkiw, born, march, 1988, canadian, retired, world, alpine, racer, specializing, speed, events, downhill, super, january, 2009personal, informationborn, 1988, march, 1988, owen, sound, ontario, canadaoccupationalpine, skierheight1, skiing, careerdisci. Larisa Yurkiw born March 30 1988 is a Canadian retired World Cup alpine ski racer specializing in the speed events of downhill and super G Larisa YurkiwJanuary 2009Personal informationBorn 1988 03 30 March 30 1988 age 35 Owen Sound Ontario CanadaOccupationAlpine skierHeight1 71 m 5 ft 7 in Skiing careerDisciplinesDownhill Super GClubGeorgian Peaks Ski Club Thornbury OntarioWorld Cup debutJanuary 13 2007 age 18 Retired11 May 2016 age 28 Websitelarisayurkiw comOlympicsTeams1 2014 Medals0World ChampionshipsTeams3 2009 2013 2015 Medals0World CupSeasons6 2009 10 2013 16 Wins0Podiums4 4 DH Overall titles0 22nd in 2016 Discipline titles0 3rd in DH 2016 Born in Owen Sound Ontario Yurkiw made her World Cup debut at Altenmarkt Zauchensee Austria in a downhill event in January 2007 In 2015 she achieved a personal best at Cortina d Ampezzo Italy when she placed 2nd in the DH discipline She went on to achieve three more World Cup podiums On December 16 2009 a crash during a training run at Val d Isere resulted in an ACL tear MCL tear patellar tendon tear and tears in both the lateral and medial miniscus in her left knee She did not compete on home soil at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and Whistler British Columbia Prior to debuting on the world stage she had much success as a junior ski racer She made her debut on the Nor Am Cup on March 10 2004 held at her home club Georgian Peaks From 2005 to 2009 she reached the podium seventeen times having won gold eight times in all disciplines but slalom She also had success racing on the GMC Cup also known as Pontiac Cup a non FIS sanctioned ski series that challenges Canada s most promising skiers In 2007 Larisa competed on the South American Cup having posted four top 10 results Yurkiw picked up a silver medal at the 2008 FIS Junior World Ski Championships in Formigal Spain in the combined discipline From 2006 to 2008 she posted three more top 10 results at this event She earned two gold medals at the 2008 Canadian National Championships in Super G and downhill and three silver medals in 2009 Since she was still considered a junior in both 2008 and 2009 she went on to become the Canadian National Junior Champion in downhill giant slalom and slalom Yurkiw announced her retirement on May 11 2016 via social media citing her desire to preserve her health This had come after the best season of her career Contents 1 World Cup results 1 1 Season standings 1 2 Race podiums 2 World Championship results 3 Olympic results 4 Equipment and sponsorship 5 External linksWorld Cup results editSeason standings edit Season Age Overall Slalom Giant slalom Super G Downhill Combined2009 20 88 33 442010 21 95 49 43 2011 22 injured out for season2012 23 2013 24 111 42 2014 25 52 40 24 2015 26 32 41 10 2016 27 22 25 3 Race podiums edit 4 podiums 4 DH Season Date Location Discipline Place2015 16 Jan 2015 nbsp Cortina d Ampezzo Italy Downhill 2nd2016 19 Dec 2015 nbsp Val d Isere France Downhill 3rd9 Jan 2016 nbsp Altenmarkt Austria Downhill 2nd23 Jan 2016 nbsp Cortina d Ampezzo Italy Downhill 2ndWorld Championship results edit Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super G Downhill Combined2009 20 DNF 2011 22 2013 24 23 28 DNF22015 26 28 14 Olympic results edit Year Age Slalom Giant slalom Super G Downhill Combined2014 25 DNF 20 Equipment and sponsorship editSkis Rossignol Bindings Rossignol Boots Rossignol Poles Komperdell Helmet amp Goggles Uvex Sponsor Cresco FXExternal links editLarisa Yurkiw at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation Larisa Yurkiw World Cup standings at the International Ski Federation Larisa Yurkiw at Ski DB Alpine Ski Database Larisa Yurkiw at Olympics at Sports Reference com archived nbsp Rossignol com team Larisa Yurkiw Official website Larisa Yurkiw on Twitter nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Larisa Yurkiw amp oldid 1156312047, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
