Oxana Jazkaja

Oxana Jazkaja
Full name	Оксана Александровна Яцкая
nation	Kazakhstan
birthday	September 22, 1978
place of birth	Urschar
Career
society	CSKA Semipalatinsk
status	resigned
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup December 9, 1995  Overall World Cup 30. ( 2003/04 )  Sprint World Cup 35th ( 2009/10 )  Distance World Cup 24th ( 2003/04 )  Tour de Ski 30. ( 2006/07 )

Oxana Alexandrowna Jazkaja ( Russian Оксана Александровна Яцкая ; born September 22, 1978 in Urschar , Kazakh SSR ) is a former Kazakh cross-country skier .

Career

Jazkaja started in Davos for the first time in the cross-country skiing world cup in December 1995 and finished 76th in the 5 km freestyle. At the 1996 Winter Asian Games in Harbin , she won the silver medal with the relay and the gold medal over 5 km classic. She got her first World Cup points at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim in 1997 with 21st place over 30 km classic. At the 2003 Winter Universiade in Tarvisio , she won the bronze medal with the relay and the silver medal over 5 km classic. In February 2003, she won the silver medal over 5 km classic and the gold medal with the relay and over 10 km freestyle at the Winter Asian Games in Aomori prefecture . In the 2003/04 season she made it into the points 13 times in the World Cup singles. With the ninth place over 10 km classic in Umeå, she achieved her first top ten placement in the individual World Cup. At the end of the season she achieved 30th place in the overall World Cup and thus achieved her best placement in the overall World Cup. In the 2004/05 season she finished 38th in the overall World Cup with eight results and in the 2005/06 season also with eight results in the 39th overall World Cup. At the Winter Universiade 2005 in Seefeld in Tirol , she won the gold medal with the relay. The Tour de Ski 2006/07 she finished in 30th place. At the Winter Asian Games 2007 in Changchun , she won the gold medal over 5 km classic and relay. She was also fifth in the sprint. After she paused in the 2007/08 season due to pregnancy, she achieved 34th place in the 2008/09 Tour de Ski in the 2008/09 season . At the Tour de Ski 2009/10 she came in 33rd place and at the Nordic Opening in November 2010 in Kuusamo on 55th place. In February 2010 she reached in Canmore with the sixth place in the sprint, her best place in the individual World Cup. At the Winter Asian Games 2011 in Almaty she won the bronze medal in the sprint and the gold medal with the relay and together with Jelena Kolomina in the team sprint. In the 2011/12 season she took 62nd place at the Nordic Opening in Kuusamo and 46th place at the Tour de Ski 2011/12 . In November 2011 she got her last World Cup points with the 27th place in the sprint in Düsseldorf . In the Tour de Ski 2012/13 she managed to place 50th. She ran her last World Cup race in February 2013 in Davos, which she finished in 55th place in the sprint.

Jazkaja participated in the Winter Olympics in 1998 in Nagano , 2002 in Salt Lake City , 2006 in Torino and 2010 in Vancouver in part. Her best individual result was 15th in the skiathlon in Salt Lake City and in the 30 km mass start race in Turin. Her best placings in eight world championships ( 1997 , 2001 , 2003 , 2005 , 2007 , 2009 , 2011 and 2013 ) were eighth in the 30 km mass start race in February 2005 in Oberstdorf and fourth place with the relay in February 2003 in Fiemme Valley .

Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games

Olympic games

• 1998 Nagano : 12th place relay, 27th place 5 km classic, 32nd place 15 km classic, 39th place 15 km pursuit, 40th place 30 km freestyle
• 2002 Salt Lake City : 11th place in relay, 15th place 10 km skiathlon, 17th place 30 km classic, 24th place 10 km classic, 25th place 15 km freestyle mass start
• 2006 Turin : 9th place team sprint classic, 13th place relay, 15th place 30 km freestyle mass start, 41st place 15 km skiathlon, 46th place sprint freestyle
• 2010 Vancouver : 9th place relay, 18th place 30 km classic mass start, 32nd place sprint classic, 33rd place 15 km skiathlon, 39th place 10 km freestyle

Nordic World Ski Championships

• 1997 Trondheim : 12th place relay, 21st place 30 km classic, 36th place 15 km pursuit, 41st place 5 km classic, 48th place 15 km freestyle
• 2001 Lahti : 9th place relay, 27th place sprint freestyle, 30th place 10 km skiathlon, 45th place 10 km classic
• 2003 Val di Fiemme : 4th place relay, 11th place 30 km freestyle, 13th place 10 km classic, 13th place 15 km classic mass start, 15th place 2 × 5 km skiathlon
• 2005 Oberstdorf : 7th place relay, 7th place team sprint freestyle, 8th place 30 km classic mass start, 12th place 15 km skiathlon, 19th place 10 km freestyle, 19th place sprint classic
• 2007 Sapporo : 5th place team sprint freestyle, 11th place relay, 14th place 10 km freestyle, 28th place 15 km skiathlon, 33rd place 30 km classic mass start, 40th place sprint classic
• 2009 Liberec : 8th place team sprint classic, 10th place relay, 11th place 15 km skiathlon, 16th place 30 km freestyle mass start, 23rd place 10 km classic, 51st place sprint freestyle
• 2011 Oslo : 11th place relay, 13th place team sprint classic, 29th place 15 km skiathlon, 37th place 30 km freestyle mass start, 42nd place sprint freestyle, 49th place 10 km classic
• 2013 Val di Fiemme : 21st place in the freestyle team sprint, 62nd place in the classic sprint

World Cup overall placements

season	total		distance		sprint
	Points	space	Points	space	Points	space
1996/97	10	66.	-	-	-	-
2001/02	13	78.	-	-	2	70.
2002/03	1	104.	-	-	-	-
2003/04	158	30th	144	24.	14th	48.
2004/05	108	38.	102	25th	6th	67.
2005/06	147	39.	123	29	24	44.
2006/07	83	47.	64	33.	15th	48.
2007/08	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	10	101.	10	72.	-	-
2009/10	90	61.	16	71.	74	35.
2010/11	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011/12	6th	96.	2	81.	4th	72.

Web links

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