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Ski Federation of Ukraine

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Ski Federation of Ukraine
Formation1952
TypeSkiing
Headquarters5 Dilova Street,
Kiev, Ukraine
Region served
Ukraine
Membership
International Ski Federation (1992)
Official language
Russian
President
Ihor Mitiukov
AffiliationsEurope
Websitewww.sfu.org.ua/eng

Ski Federation of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Федерація лижного спорту України, ФЛСУ, Federatsiya lyzhnoho sportu Ukrayiny (FLSU); literally Federation of Ski Sports of Ukraine) is a national governing body of skiing in Ukraine.

The federation includes such skiing disciplines like alpine skiing, snowboarding, cross-country skiing (roller skiing), freestyle skiing, Nordic skiing, ski jumping,

The federation was created in 1952 on initiative of Sergei Fomin who after the World War II stayed in Kiev.[1]

Among notable members of the federation is Oleksandr Batyuk who won a silver Olympic medal (as part of the Soviet cross-country relay team at the 1984 Winter Olympics and the only representative of the Ukrainian SSR[2]) and Iryna Taranenko-Terelia[3] who won number of ski championships of the Soviet Union and Ukraine.

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