Iryna Taranenko-Terelya

Iryna Taranenko-Terelya
Full name	Iryna Leonidivna Taranenko-Terelja
nation	Ukraine
birthday	March 31, 1966
place of birth	Derhatschi
Career
status	resigned
End of career	2003
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × 0 × 1 ×
Nordic World Ski Championships bronze 1999 Ramsau persecution
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup 4th January 1992  Overall World Cup 9. ( 1995/96 , 1997/98 )  Sprint World Cup 7. (1997/98)  Long distance world cup 8. (1997/98)  Middle distance world cup 12. ( 1999/2000 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Distance races 0 0 1

Iryna Leonidiwna Taranenko-Terelja ( Ukrainian Ірина Леонідівна Тараненко-Тереля ; born March 31, 1966 in Derhatschi ) is a former Ukrainian cross-country skier .

Career

Taranenko-Terelja had her first international success at the 1991 Winter Universiade in Sapporo . There she won the bronze medal over 15 km freestyle and the silver medal over 10 km. She had her debut in the World Cup in January 1992 in Kawgolowo , which she finished classically in seventh place over 15 km. The next day she was third there with the season. Her best placement at her first World Championships in February 1993 in Falun was ninth in the 30 km freestyle. At the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer , she took 29th place over 5 km classic, 27th place over 15 km freestyle and 20th place over 30 km classic and in pursuit and the following year at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Thunder Bay placed 26th in the pursuit, 23rd place over 15 km classic and 16th place over 5 km classic. In the 1995/96 season she came in the points in all 16 World Cup appearances. She achieved seven top ten placements and achieved her best overall result at the end of the season with ninth place in the overall World Cup. Her best results in the following year at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim were 11th place over 30 km classic and tenth place with the relay.

In the 1997/98 season Taranenko-Terelja came in 12 individual World Cup starts, ten times under the top ten and thus again reached ninth place in the overall World Cup. In addition, she was eighth in the long distance World Cup and seventh in the sprint world cup. At the season highlight, the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , she came ninth in the relay. In the individual races there she ran on the 11th place over 5 km classic, on the eighth place over 30 km freestyle and in each case on the fourth place in the pursuit and over 15 km classic. After two tenth places in Muonio and Davos and sixth place in Seefeld in Tirol at the beginning of the 1998/99 season, she had her greatest international success at the 1999 Nordic World Ski Championships in Ramsau am Dachstein . There she won after seventh place over 5 km classic, the bronze medal in the pursuit. This third place was also her best individual result in the World Cup. In addition, she finished there in 13th place over 15 km freestyle, sixth place with the relay and fifth place over 30 km classic. She finished the season in 12th place in the overall World Cup. In the following season she reached with three top ten results, 19th place in the overall World Cup. In the following years she mostly achieved placements in the midfield. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2001 in Lahti she took 38th place over 15 km classic, 15th place in the skiathlon and tenth place with the relay and at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2003 in Val di Fiemme, 36th place in the skiathlon and 35th place 3rd place in the 15 km mass start race. Her best result at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City was tenth place in the skiathlon. She ran her 139th and last individual World Cup race in November 2003 in Kuusamo , which she finished classically in 74th place over 10 km.

Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games

Olympic games

• 1994 Lillehammer : 20th place 10 km pursuit, 20th place 30 km classic, 27th place 15 km freestyle, 29th place 5 km classic
• 1998 Nagano : 4th place 10 km pursuit, 4th place 15 km classic, 8th place 30 km freestyle, 9th place relay, 11th place 5 km classic
• 2002 Salt Lake City : 9th place 15 km freestyle mass start, 10th place 10 km skiathlon, 11th place 10 km classic, 18th place 30 km classic, 29th place sprint freestyle

Nordic World Ski Championships

• 1993 Falun : 9th place 30 km freestyle, 12th place 10 km pursuit, 21st place 5 km classic, 28th place 15 km classic
• 1995 Thunder Bay : 16th place 5 km classic, 23rd place 15 km classic, 26th place 10 km pursuit
• 1997 Trondheim : 10th place relay, 11th place 30 km classic, 12th place 10 km pursuit, 13th place 15 km freestyle, 21st place 5 km classic
• 1999 Ramsau : 3rd place 10 km pursuit, 5th place 30 km classic, 6th place relay, 7th place 5 km classic, 13th place 15 km freestyle
• 2001 Lahti : 10th place relay, 15th place 10 km skiathlon, 38th place 15 km classic
• 2003 Val di Fiemme : 35th place, 15 km classic mass start, 36th place 10 km skiathlon

Placements in the World Cup

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						1			1		1
Top 10	9	5	4th	7th		5			30th	2	18th
Scoring	28	27	24	14th	2	16	4th		115	4th	23
Starts	36	32	26th	14th	2	18th	11		139	4th	23
Status: end of career

^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

World Cup overall placements

season	total		Long distance		sprint
	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space
1991/92	9	30th	-	-	-	-
1992/93	68	28.	-	-	-	-
1993/94	72	29	-	-	-	-
1994/95	110	26th	-	-	-	-
1995/96	340	9.	-	-	-	-
1996/97	169	20th	67	16.	56	28.
1997/98	329	9.	123	8th.	206	7th
1998/99	300	12.	156	9.	104	24.
1999/2000	252	19th	49 192 1	19 12 1	11	51.
2000/01	145	24.	-	-	16	52.
2001/02	150	31.	-	-	-	-
2002/03	18th	72.	-	-	-	-

¹ Middle distance world cup.

Web links

• Iryna Taranenko-Terelja in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Profile of Iryna Taranenko-Terelja on skisport365.com
• Iryna Taranenko-Terelja in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ czech-ski.com/pdf/1992.pdf p. 12