Maryna Gąsienica-Daniel

She competed for Poland at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the alpine skiing events,^[3][4] and was 32nd in the giant slalom.^[5] She finished 34th in the giant slalom at the World Championships in 2013,^[1] and won a gold medal in giant slalom at the 2013 Winter Universiade.^[6] She was also fifth in the giant slalom at the 2013 World Junior Championships in Quebec.^[7] At the 2021 World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo, she placed joint fifth in the parallel giant slalom and sixth in the giant slalom.^[7] She injured her knee during a race at Soldeu in March 2025 and missed the rest of the season.^[8]

She is from a winter sports family: her grandfather Franciszek Gąsienica Daniel was a competitive skier.^[7][9] Although he did not compete at the Winter Olympics, Maryna is the seventh member of her family to represent Poland at the Winter Games: the others include Franciszek's siblings Helena Gąsienica Daniel (cross-country skiing), Andrzej Gąsienica Daniel (ski jumping), Maria Gąsienica Daniel-Szatkowska (alpine skiing) and Józef Gąsienica Daniel (nordic combined), as well as one of her maternal great-grandfathers, cross-country skier Andrzej Krzeptowski, and Maryna's sister, alpine racer Agnieszka Gąsienica-Daniel.^[1][7]

Her parents run a hostel in the Tatra Mountains. She is god-daughter of Sebastian Karpiel-Bułecka, frontman of the folk group Zakopower.^[7]