Ekaterina Alexejewna Smirnowa

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Ekaterina Smirnova Cross-country skiing
Full name Ekaterina Alexejewna Smirnowa
nation RussiaRussia Russia
birthday 4th August 1996 (age 24)
Career
status active
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
 Debut in the World Cup 29th November 2019
 Overall World Cup 80th ( 2019/20 )
 Distance World Cup 55th (2019/20)
Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
 Debut in the Continental Cup February 23, 2014
 Continental Cup victories 2 ( details )
 EEC overall rating 10. ( 2019/20 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 EEC individual races 2 1 0
last change: March 22, 2020

Jekaterina Alexejewna Smirnowa ( Russian Екатерина Алексеевна Смирнова ; born August 4, 1996 ) is a Russian cross-country skier .

Career

Smirnova started in February 2014 in Syktyvkar first time in Eastern-Europe Cup and finished it the 51st place over 10 km classic and 27th place in the sprint. In March 2016, she became the Russian junior champion in skiathlon in Izhevsk . In the 2018/19 season, she achieved 16th place in the overall ranking of the Eastern Europe Cup with three top ten placements. She achieved her first podium in the Eastern Europe Cup with second place in the 5 km freestyle in Werschina Tjoi . At the Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk at the beginning of March 2019 , she won over 5 km classic, in the pursuit and in the 15 km mass start race, the silver medal and with the relay the gold medal. After she won her first victory in the Eastern Europe Cup at the beginning of the 2019/20 season in Shchuchinsk over 5 km freestyle, she started the Ruka Triple in the World Cup for the first time at the end of November 2019 . She ran to 54th place in the sprint, 48th place over 10 km classic and reached 30th place in the pursuit race, her first World Cup point and finally 42nd place in the overall ranking of the Ruka Triple. This was followed by three placements in the points and at the end of the season in Kononovskaya over 10 km freestyle the second victory in the Eastern Europe Cup. She finished the season in 80th place in the overall World Cup and in tenth place in the overall ranking of the Eastern Europe Cup.

Victories in Continental Cup races

No. date place discipline series
1. November 14, 2019 KazakhstanKazakhstan Shchuchinsk 5 km freestyle Eastern Europe Cup
2. February 26, 2020 RussiaRussia Kononovskaya 10 km freestyle Eastern Europe Cup

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Jekaterina Alexejewna Smirnowa on flgr.ru (Russian)
  2. Result Winter Universiade 2019 season