Nikolai Valeryevich Bolshakov

Nikolai Bolshakov
Full name	Nikolai Valeryevich Bolshakov
nation	Russia
birthday	11th May 1977 (age 43)
place of birth	Chernogorsk , Khakassia ,  Soviet Union
Career
society	Saturn
status	resigned
End of career	2008
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × 0 × 1 × JWM medals 0 × 20 × 0 ×
Nordic World Ski Championships bronze 2005 Oberstdorf Season  Nordic Junior Ski World Championships silver 1997 Canmore 10 km classic silver 1997 Canmore Season
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup January 3, 1998  Overall World Cup 45th ( 1999/2000 )  Distance World Cup 81st ( 2004/05 )  Long distance world cup 44th ( 1999/2000 )  Middle distance world cup 30. ( 1999/2000 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Season 0 1 1

Nikolai Valeryevich Bolshakov ( Russian: Николай Валерьевич Большаков ; born  May 11, 1977 in Chernogorsk , Khakassia ) is a former Russian cross-country skier .

Career

Bolshakov first appeared internationally in February 1997 at the Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in Canmore . There he won the silver medal over 10 km classic and with the relay. He ran his first World Cup race in January 1998 in Kavgolovo and finished 40th in the 30 km freestyle. At the beginning of the 1999/2000 season he got his first World Cup points in Sappada with 12th place over 15 km freestyle. In the further course of the season he came in tenth place over 10 km freestyle in Ulrichen for the first time among the top ten in the World Cup. He finished the season in 45th place in the overall World Cup. This was his best overall placement in the World Cup. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2001 in Lahti , he finished 35th in the sprint and 29th in the 20 km pursuit race. At the beginning of the 2001/02 season he reached in Kuopio with third place in the relay, his first podium in the World Cup. At the World Cup in Davos , he came back on the podium with second place in the relay. In the individual he achieved his best individual result in the World Cup with fifth place in the 15 km freestyle in Brusson . At the season highlight, the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , he took seventh place in the 30 km mass start race and sixth place in the relay. In the following season he reached six individual World Cup appearances, twice in the top ten. The fifth place over 10 km freestyle in Kiruna was his best result. In the following years he only took part in a few World Cups. He had his greatest success at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2005 in Oberstdorf . There he won bronze with the relay. He also finished 12th in the 15 km freestyle. He ran his last international race in November 2007 at the Eastern Europe Cup in Vershina Tjoi and achieved 38th place over 10 km freestyle and 32nd place over 10 km classic.

Bolshakov took part in 44 World Cup individual races and came 18 times in the points and five times in the top ten.

Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games

Olympic games

• 2002 Salt Lake City : 6th place relay, 7th place 30 km freestyle mass start

Nordic World Ski Championships

• 2001 Lahti : 29th place 20 km pursuit, 35th place sprint freestyle
• 2005 Oberstdorf : 3rd place relay, 12th place 15 km freestyle

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											1
3rd place											1
Top 10		2	3						5	1	5
Scoring		5	5	2		6th			18th	1	5
Starts		11	10	8th		9	6th		44	1	5
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
	Points	space	Points	space
1999/2000	108	45.	17 91	44. 1 30. 2
2000/01	20th	88	-	-
2001/02	102	49.	-	-
2002/03	88	47.	-	-
2003/04	-	-	-	-
2004/05	9	125.	9	81.

¹ Long distance world cup

² Middle distance world cup

Web links

• Nikolai Valeryevich Bolshakov in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Nikolai Valeryevich Bolshakov in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Result JWM 1997 season