Name Kateryna Serdyuk | ||
Born September 16, 1989
Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union ( 1989-09-16 ) | ||
Kateryna Serdyuk (Ukrainian: Катерина Сердюк, Russian: Екатери́на Сердю́к; born September 16, 1989 in Kharkiv) is a Ukrainian cross-country skier.
Career
Serdyuk competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics for Ukraine. She placed 45th in the qualifying round in the sprint, failing to advance to the knockout stages. She was scheduled to compete in the team sprint with Marina Lisogor, but did not start. According to press reports Lisogor and Serdyuk had refused to start because they had been denied to wear black arm bands. The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine claimed Serdyuk was injured.
Serdyuk made her World Cup debut in November 2008. As of April 2014, her best finish is 11th, in a relay event at La Clusaz in 2008–09. Her best individual finish is 56th, in a freestyle mass start event at La Clusaz in 2008–09.