Alexei Alexandrovich Vizenko

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Alexei Vizenko Cross-country skiing
Full name Alexei Alexandrovich Vizenko
nation RussiaRussia Russia
birthday 20th April 1990 (age 30)
place of birth Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union
Career
discipline Cross-country skiing
status active
Medal table
JWM medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
FIS Nordic Junior Ski World Championships
silver 2010 Hinterzarten Season
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
 Debut in the World Cup January 22, 2011
 Overall World Cup 43rd ( 2017/18 )
 Sprint World Cup 67th ( 2016/17 )
 Distance World Cup 37th (2017/18)
 Tour de Ski 18. ( 2017/18 )
Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
 Debut in the Continental Cup November 20, 2009
 Continental Cup victories 5 ( details )
 EEC overall rating 1. ( 2016/17 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 EEC individual races 5 4th 6th
last change: March 1st, 2020

Alexei Alexandrowitsch Wizenko ( Russian Алексей Александрович Виценко ; born April 20, 1990 ) is a Russian cross-country skier .

Career

Wizenko achieved his first top 10 placement in the Eastern Europe Cup in November 2009 in Vershina Tjoi with eighth place over 10 km classic and won silver with the Russian relay at the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships 2010 in Hinterzarten . In November 2010, Wizenko achieved his first podium finish in the Eastern Europe Cup with third place in the sprint in Vershina Tjoi and one day later finished ninth in the classic 15 km. In December 2010 he was eighth over 15 km classic at the Eastern Europe Cup in Krasnogorsk . Wizenko made his debut in the cross-country skiing world cup in January 2011 in Otepää , where he finished the classic 15 km race in 44th place; on February 6, 2011 he was seventh at the World Cup in Rybinsk with the third Russian season. Sixth place in the skiathlon end of February 2014 in Syktyvkar Wizenko managed another top-10 ranking in Eastern Europe Cup before he scored km classic in November 2014, 15 in Werschina Tjoi his first victory; a month later he achieved another top 10 place in Krasnogorsk with seventh place over 30 km classic. At his third World Cup start, Wizenko reached the World Cup points by finishing 26th in the Rybinsk skiathlon . In the 2016/17 season he won the Eastern Europe Cup two times. He also took third place three times and won the overall standings at the end of the season. In the following season he achieved 46th place in the Ruka Triple and 18th place in the Tour de Ski 2017/18 , reaching 43rd place in the overall World Cup. At the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang , he ran to 49th place in the 15 km freestyle, 23rd place in the skiathlon and 21st place in the sprint. In the 2019/20 season he took two thirds, three second and one first place, second place in the overall ranking of the Eastern Europe Cup.

Victories in Continental Cup races

No. date place discipline series
1. 19th November 2014 RussiaRussia Vershina Tjoi 15 km classic individual start Eastern Europe Cup
2. November 24, 2016 RussiaRussia Vershina Tjoi 15 km classic individual start Eastern Europe Cup
3. February 10, 2017 RussiaRussia Krasnogorsk 15 km classic individual start Eastern Europe Cup
4th February 27, 2019 RussiaRussia Syktyvkar 30 km skiathlon Eastern Europe Cup
5. November 30, 2019 RussiaRussia Vershina Tjoi 15 km freestyle individual start Eastern Europe Cup

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