Mikhail Botvinov

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Mikhail Botvinov Cross-country skiing
Mikhail Botvinov (left) in September 2006

Mikhail Botvinov (left) in September 2006

Full name Mikhail Viktorovich Botvinov
nation RussiaRussia Russia Austria
AustriaAustria 
birthday 17th November 1967 (age 52)
place of birth Lidinka ,  Soviet UnionSoviet Union 1955Soviet Union 
size 185 cm
Career
status resigned
End of career 2007
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
World Cup medals 1 × gold 0 × silver 2 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
silver Salt Lake City 2002 30 km free
bronze Turin 2006 50 km free
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
bronze Falun 1993 4 × 10 km relay
gold Ramsau 1999 4 × 10 km relay
bronze Ramsau 1999 50 km classic
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
 Debut in the World Cup January 13, 1990
 World Cup victories in individual 2 ( details )
 Overall World Cup 2. ( 1998/99 )
 Distance World Cup 1. (1998/99)
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Distance races 2 9 8th
 

Mikhail Viktorovich Botwinow ( Russian Михаил Викторович Ботвинов ; English transcription: Mikhail Botvinov *  17th November 1967 in Lidinka , Tula Oblast ), called "Boti", is a former Russian and Austrian cross-country skiers as well as Olympian and was a member of the Austrian cross-country skiing team.

Career

Born in Russia, he started for his old home country until the 1995/96 season, before moving to Austria after disputes with the association and also taking on Austrian citizenship. After a standstill in the 1996/97 season, in which Botwinow mainly kept fit in cross-country skiing, he was allowed to compete in international races for the ÖSV from 1997 onwards .

The regular soldier of the Austrian Armed Forces trained in the well-known Olympic base in Obertauern where u. a. Alpine skier Hermann Maier also kept fit and started for the local ski club. Botwinow is in a relationship with an Austrian, has a son from his first marriage in Russia and a son from his current relationship. He lives with his girlfriend and his second son in Ramsau am Dachstein in Styria .

The 1.85 meter tall Mikhail Botwinov already celebrated his greatest successes as an Austrian. Particularly noteworthy are the gold medal in the relay with Christian Hoffmann , Alois Stadlober and Markus Gandler , as well as the bronze medal over 50 km classic at the home world championship in Ramsau am Dachstein in 1999. Mikhail Botwinow experienced his career high point in 2002 when he won the silver medal over 30 km Skating at the Olympic winter Games of Salt Lake City behind compatriot Christian Hoffmann. At the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin , the then 38-year-old only missed the gold medal by 0.9 seconds and the silver medal in the sprint finish against Evgeny Dementjew by only a tenth of a second, but celebrated a worthy farewell to the Olympics by winning the bronze medal over 50 km skating .

In October 2006 he announced his retirement from competitive sports at the end of the 2006/07 season.

In 2012, Botwinow was sentenced to four months conditional imprisonment with a probationary period of three years at the Leoben Regional Court. He was accused of lying in the course of the preliminary investigation against the former Austrian cross-country head coach Mayer when he testified that he was not a customer of the Vienna blood bank "Humanplasma". On July 13, 2018, he had to file for bankruptcy with his sports trading company. In the 2020/21 season he is listed as the coach of the Russian national team in the Nordic combined.

Placements at Winter Olympics and World Championships

winter Olympics

  • Silver medal over 30 km free (mass start) in Salt Lake City 2002
  • Bronze medal over 50 km free (mass start) in Turin 2006
  • 4th place over 10 km in Lillehammer 1994 for Russia
  • 4th place over 30 km in Lillehammer 1994 for Russia
  • 4th place with the 4 × 10 km relay of Austria in Salt Lake City 2002
  • 5th place with the 4 × 10 km relay of the CIS in Albertville 1992
  • 5th place over 50 km classic in Salt Lake City 2002
  • 7th place in the double pursuit (2 × 15 km) in Turin 2006
  • 9th place in the 10 km pursuit in Salt Lake City 2002

Nordic World Ski Championships

  • Gold medal and world champion with Austria's 4 × 10 km relay in Ramsau 1999
  • Bronze medal with Russia's 4 × 10 km relay in Falun 1993
  • Bronze medal over 50 km classic in Ramsau 1999
  • 5th place with the 4 × 10 km relay of Austria in Lahti 2001
  • 5th place with the 4 × 10 km relay of Austria in Oberstdorf 2005
  • 8th place over 50 km mass start classic in Oberstdorf 2005
  • 8th place in the 30 km pursuit in Oberstdorf 2005
  • 12th place over 30 km classic in Val di Fiemme 2003
  • 13th place over 30 km classic in Lahti 2001
  • 13th place over 15 km classic in Val di Fieme 2003
  • 13th place over 50 km free in Val di Fiemme 2003
  • 13th place with the 4 × 10 km relay in Austria in Val di Fiemme 2003
  • 18th place over 30 km free in Ramsau 1999
  • 21st place over 10 km classic in Ramsau 1999

successes

World Cup victories in individual

No. date place discipline
1. January 12, 1999 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Nové Město na Moravě 30 km freestyle
2. March 20, 1999 NorwayNorway Oslo 50 km classic

Victories in Worldloppet Cup races

Note: Before the 2015/16 season, the Worldloppet Cup was still called the Marathon Cup .

No. date place run discipline
1. March 12, 2006 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Samedan Engadin ski marathon 42 km freestyle mass start

Other victories in ski marathon races

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 1 1 2
2nd place 3 2 3 1 9
3rd place 1 2 4th 1 8th
Top 10 7th 15th 17th 11 6th 56 4th
Scoring 19th 37 28 15th 9 1 109 6th
Starts 26th 54 33 16 12 3 144 6th
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 distance sprint
Points space Points space Points space
1989/90 14th 30th - - - -
1990/91 36 18th - - - -
1991/92 51 6th - - - -
1992/93 292 7th - - - -
1993/94 149 16. - - - -
1994/95 269 10. - - - -
1995/96 401 7th - - - -
1996/97 - - - - - -
1997/98 330 4th 100 13 1 230 4th
1998/99 685 2. 413 1. 1 272 7th
1999/2000 362 9. 183 3. 1 - -
2000/01 346 10. - - - -
2001/02 84 53. - - - -
2002/03 50 61. - - - -
2003/04 164 37. 164 25th - -
2004/05 83 52. 83 30th - -
2005/06 81 64. 81 42. - -
2006/07 20th 108. 20th 63. - -
1 Long distance world cup

Awards (excerpt)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mikhail Botvinov convicted of false testimony. In: DiePresse.com. May 9, 2012, accessed January 8, 2018 .
  2. ↑ https://www.nachrichten.at/nachrichten/chronik/Olympiamedaillegewinner-rutsche-mit-Sporthandelsfirma-in-Konkurs;art58,2950478
  3. ↑ Two-time Olympic medal winner broke. In: salzburg.orf.at. July 12, 2018, accessed November 14, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Squad list Russia Nordic Combined Season 2020/21 , on minsport.gov.ru, from May 29, 2020. Accessed on August 5, 2020 (PDF) (Russian).
  5. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Botvinov, Mikhail
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Botvinov, Mikhail Viktorovich (full name); Botvinov, Mikhail; Ботвинов, Михаил Викторович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian and Austrian cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH 17th November 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Lidinka , Tula Oblast , Soviet Union