Oleksandr Ushkalenko

Oleksandr Ushkalenko
Full name	Oleksandr Anatolyovych Ushkalenko
nation	Soviet Union / Ukraine
birthday	2nd August 1964 (age 56)
place of birth	Sumy , Soviet Union
Career
status	resigned
Medal table
JWM medals 3 × 0 × 1 ×
Nordic Junior Ski World Championships gold 1983 Kuopio Season gold 1983 Kuopio 15 km gold 1984 Trondheim Season bronze 1984 Trondheim 15 km
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup March 23, 1984

Oleksandr Anatolijowytsch Uschkalenko ( Ukrainian Олександр Анатолійович Ушкаленко ; born August 2, 1964 in Sumy , Ukrainian SSR ) is a former Soviet - Ukrainian cross-country skier .

Career

Uschkalenko had his first international successes at the Junior World Ski Championships in 1983 in Kuopio . There he won over 15 km and the gold medal with the relay. In the following year he won the bronze medal over 15 km and the gold medal with the relay at the Junior World Ski Championships in Trondheim . In March 1984 he started in Murmansk for the first time in the World Cup and achieved 16th place over 15 km and thus achieved his best individual placement in the World Cup. In March 1987, he finished second in the relay in Falun . His best placings at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim in 1997 were 36th place in the pursuit race and 16th place in the relay. He completed his last international competitions at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano . There he ran to 57th place over 50 km freestyle and 48th place over 30 km classic.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Result of the relay World Cup 1987 Falun