Diego Ruiz (cross-country skier)

Diego Ruiz
nation	Spain
birthday	25th June 1977 (age 43)
place of birth	Jaca , Spain
Career
society	MC Guardia Civil
status	not active
Medal table
National medals 4 × 4 × 2 ×
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup November 28, 1998  Overall World Cup 107th ( 2006/07 )  Distance World Cup 62nd ( 2006/07 )
last change: April 30, 2015

Diego Ruiz Asín (born June 25, 1977 in Jaca ) is a Spanish cross-country skier .

Career

Ruiz has been taking part in competitions organized by the Fédération Internationale de Ski since 1997 . Until 2004 he mainly competed in the Continental Cup. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , he finished 87th over 10 km classic and 65th place in the 25 km pursuit race. He ran his first World Cup race in November 1998 in Muonio , which he finished with 89th place in the 10 km freestyle. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2003 in Val di Fiemme , he came 54th place in the 20 km double pursuit race and 38th place over 50 km freestyle. In January 2004 he got his first World Cup point in Val di Fiemme with 30th place in the 70 km mass start race. His best placement at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2005 in Oberstdorf was 17th in the 50 km mass start race. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Pragelato , he won 54th place in the 30 km pursuit race, 46th place over 15 km classic and 23rd place in the 50 km mass start race. In February 2007 he reached in Changchun with the 18th place over 15 km freestyle his best result in a world cup race. His best result at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo was 45th place in the skiathlon . At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec in 2009 , he came 58th in the skiathlon and 33rd in the 50 km mass start race. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , he finished 65th in the 15km freestyle and 44th in the 50km mass start race. He took 54th place in the 50 km mass start race at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo in 2011 . In summer 2015 he took 20th place in the mountain run and 18th place in the 25 km mass start race at the 2015 Rollerski World Championships in Fiemme Valley.

World Cup Statistics

The table shows the placements achieved in detail.

• 1st – 3rd place: Number of podium placements
• Top 10: Number of places in the top ten
• Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks
• Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
• Note: In the distance races, the classification is based on the FIS.

placement	Distance races a					Skiathlon pursuit	sprint	Stage race b	total	Team c
	≤ 5 km	≤ 10 km	≤ 15 km	≤ 30 km	> 30 km					sprint	Season
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Top 10
Scoring			1	2	1				4th		2
Starts	1	1	24	9	4th	3			42		2
Status: end of season 2013/14

^a including individual starts and mass starts according to FIS classification

^bEntire race, not individual stages, e.g. B. Tour de Ski, Nordic Opening, season finale

^c Possibly incomplete due to a lack of suitable sources before 2001

Web links

• Diego Ruiz in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Diego Ruiz in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )