Anhelina Brykina

Anhelina Brykina
Personal information
Full nameАнгеліна Павлівна Брикіна
Born (2004-08-08) 8 August 2004
Sport
SportFreestyle skiing
Event
Aerials
Medal record
Women's freestyle skiing
Representing  Ukraine
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2025 EngadinMixed team aerials
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place2024 Chiesa in ValmalencoAerials

Anhelina Pavlivna Brykina (Ukrainian: Ангеліна Павлівна Брикіна; born 8 August 2004) is a Ukrainian freestyle skier specializing in aerials. She represented Ukraine at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Career

Brykina represented Ukraine at the 2025 FIS Freestyle Ski World Championships and won a silver medal in the mixed team aerials, along with Oleksandr Okipniuk and Dmytro Kotovskyi.[1][2] She also reached the finals of the aerials event, finishing in ninth place.[3][4]

In January 2026, she was selected to represent Ukraine at the 2026 Winter Olympics.[5][6]

Personal life

Brykina's father, Pavlo Brykin, served in the 58th Motorized Brigade during the Russo-Ukrainian war.[7] He was killed in action on 6 August 2022, during a battle with a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group near the village of Blahodatne.[8] For her 2026 Olympic aerials qualifying run, Brykina wrote the phrase "Glory to the Armed Forces of Ukraine" on her skis.[7]

Results

Olympic Winter Games

 Year   Age   Aerials 
Italy 2026 Milano Cortina 21 13

World Championships

 Year   Age   Aerials   Mixed Team Aerials 
Georgia (country) 2023 Bakuriani 18 15 –
Switzerland 2025 Engadin 20 9 2

References

  1. ↑ "Ukrainian ski acrobatics team wins debut silver at 2025 World Championships in Switzerland". rubryka.com. 27 March 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  2. ↑ "Україна вперше в історії виграла "срібло" змішаних командних змагань ЧС-2025 з лижної акробатики". suspilne.media (in Ukrainian). 27 March 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  3. ↑ "Ukrainian Brykina reached the final of the World Championships in aerials for the first time in her career". unn.ua. 29 March 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "Ангеліна Брикіна виступила у дебютному фіналі чемпіонату світу з лижної акробатики: результат". suspilne.media (in Ukrainian). 30 March 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  5. ↑ Bordovskyi, Serhii (21 January 2026). "Ukraine names its cross-country and skiing team for the 2026 Winter Olympics". glavnoe.in.ua. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  6. ↑ "Окіпнюк, Котовський та Брикіна – у складі збірної України з лижної акробатики на Олімпіаду-2026". sportarena.ua (in Ukrainian). 15 January 2026. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
  7. 1 2 Ivaneko, Denys (18 February 2026). "Українська спортсменка, батько якої загинув на війні, залишила важливий меседж на ОІ-2026" (in Ukrainian). champion.com.ua. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
  8. ↑ ""Тату, ти казав, що в мене вийде". Фристайлістка, дочка загиблого бійця Ангеліна Брикіна про медаль на чемпіонаті світу". suspilne.media (in Ukrainian). 8 May 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2026.