Walentyna Shevchenko (cross-country skier)

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Valentyna Shevchenko Cross-country skiing
Walentyna Shevchenko (2010)

Walentyna Shevchenko (2010)

nation UkraineUkraine Ukraine
birthday 2nd October 1975 (age 44)
place of birth Hanniwka ,  Ukrainian SSRUkraine Soviet Socialist RepublicUkrainian SSR 
Career
society Dinamo Kiev
status active
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
bronze 2009 Liberec 30 km freestyle Mst
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
 Debut in the World Cup January 14, 1995
 World Cup victories in individual 4 ( details )
 World Cup victories in stages 1 ( details )
 Overall World Cup 3rd ( 2003/04 )
 Sprint World Cup 36th ( 1998/99 )
 Distance World Cup 1. ( 2003/04 )
 Tour de Ski 3rd ( 2006/07 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Distance races 4th 5 5
 Stage race 1 1 2
Placements in the marathon or Worldloppet Cup
 Debut in the Cup December 13, 2009
 Worldloppet Cup victories 6 ( details )
 Overall rating 5th ( 2011/12 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Single race 6th 0 1
last change: April 2nd, 2017

Walentyna Shevchenko ( Ukrainian Валентина Шевченко ; born October 2, 1975 in Hanniwka , Chernihiv Oblast , Ukrainian SSR , USSR ) is a Ukrainian cross-country skier and five-time Olympic athlete (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014).

Career

Walentyna Shevchenko is a police officer and starts for Dynamo Kiev . She is married with one child and lives in Brovary . She has been active since 1989. She contested her first big races at the Junior World Championships in 1994 in Breitenwang , where the best placement, 19th place over 5 km, gave no indication of her later career. In January 1995 she was able to celebrate her debut in the cross-country skiing world cup in Nové Město and was 60th in the 15-kilometer race. Then she started at the Universiade in Candanchú and in Thunder Bay for the first time in a Nordic World Ski Championships . She has not yet achieved any notable results at either of the major events. In March 1996 she won world cup points for the first time over 15 km in Falun . It was not until December 1997 that she was eighth for the first time in the top ten in Davos over 15 km.

1998 Winter Olympics

1998 brought the first start at the Olympic Games . In Nagano she started in four races, the best result she achieved in eleventh place on her parade route, the 15-kilometer race. At the Winter Universiade 1999 in Štrbské Pleso she won the bronze medal with the relay and the gold medal over 5 km classic, in the subsequent pursuit and over 15 km freestyle.

Shevchenko achieved her first very good result at a Nordic World Ski Championships in 1999 in Ramsau, where she was sixth over 5 km. In the following period, the Ukrainian managed to stabilize and improve. She established herself among the best in the world and often achieved good results in the World Cup.

2002 Winter Olympics

In the 2002 Olympic Games of Salt Lake City she performed again in four races. She achieved her best placement as fifth on the longest distance over 30 km. In Tarvisio in 2003 she competed again at a Universiade, this time she won the race over 15 kilometers. The 2003 Nordic World Ski Championships were very successful, albeit without winning a medal . In three of four starts, she finished in the top ten (15 km: sixth; 30 km: seventh; pursuit: ninth).

In November 2003, at the beginning of the following season, Shevchenko was able to win her first World Cup race in Kuusamo in a race over ten kilometers, shortly afterwards she won a race over the same distance in Davos. Between November 2003 and March 2004 she ran in 16 World Cup races in a row to single-digit placements. In the overall World Cup ranking of the 2003/04 season, she finished third.

2006 Winter Olympics

The next major event with good finishes the Ukrainians were the 2006 Olympic Winter Games of Turin . At the Olympic races of Pragelato Plan , she competed in four races, as in her previous two games. Twice, as eighth with the relay and seventh over 30 km, she finished in the top ten. Shevchenko had another very good season in 2006/07 . She took two places on the podium and was seventh in the overall World Cup ranking. In the Tour de Ski 2006/2007 , which was held for the first time , the policewoman came third. The top result at the highlight of the season, the Nordic World Ski Championships 2007, was eighth place in the 10-kilometer race in Sapporo .

At the beginning of the 2007/08 season , Shevchenko reached fourth place over 10 km freestyle in Beitostølen . She finished the 2007/08 Tour de Ski in fourth place overall. She won the final stage. This was followed by further top ten placements, including two victories in distance races in Canmore and Oslo . These are her last podium finishes in the World Cup so far. She finished the season in sixth place in the overall World Cup ranking and second in the distance ranking. In the following season she could not repeat the strong performances from the previous season. At the Tour de Ski 2008/09 , after another strong final stage, she achieved third place, 14th place in the overall tour ranking. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec in 2009 , she won bronze in the 30 km mass start race. The Tour de Ski 2009/10 she finished in 19th place. Her best placement of the season she achieved in Canmore in the last race before the Olympic Games with fourth place over 10 km freestyle.

2010 Winter Olympics

At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , she came in 14th place in the 15 km pursuit, 13th place with the relay and ninth place over 10 km freestyle. She finished the Tour de Ski 2010/11 with 16th place overall. Her best placings at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo were 14th place in the 30 km mass start race and 12th place with the relay. Her best results at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 in Val di Fiemme were 12th place in the 30 km mass start race and 10th place with the relay. She finished the Tour de Ski 2012/13 and Tour de Ski 2013/14 in 16th and 14th place overall.

2014 Winter Olympics

Her best results at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi were 14th place in the 30 km mass start race and 12th place in the relay. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun in 2015 , she finished 33rd in the 30 km mass start race, 28th in the skiathlon and 11th in the relay. After finishing second at the Slavic Cup in Štrbské Pleso over 7.5 km freestyle at the beginning of the 2016/17 season, she won the Eastern Europe Cup in Syanti over 10 km freestyle. In addition, she achieved second place there over 5 km in classic and sprint. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti in 2017 , she achieved 44th place over 10 km classic and 42nd place in skiathlon. She finished the season in 11th place in the overall ranking of the Eastern Europe Cup.

So far (as of the end of the 2016/17 season), Shevchenko has won around 275 World Cup races five times and made it onto the podium 13 times. It was placed in the top ten more than 50 times. She competed 19 times in Olympic races. She also competed in long distance races in the Worldloppet series. She won La Sgambeda in 2009 and 2010 . In the 2011/12 season she won the Dolomitenlauf , Transjurassienne and Finlandia-hiihto . In January 2013 she won the Jizera Mountains Run and in August 2014 the Kangaroo Hoppet . In the 2015/16 season she won the classic 42 km Dolomitenlauf . Shevchenko is a member of the Skinfit Racing Team .

successes

Victories in world cup races

World Cup victories in individual

No. date place discipline
1. November 28, 2003 FinlandFinland Kuusamo 10 km classic
2. December 13, 2003 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Davos 10 km classic
3. January 25, 2008 CanadaCanada Canmore 10 km freestyle
4th March 8, 2008 NorwayNorway Oslo 30 km freestyle

Stage victories in world cup races

No. date place discipline run
1. January 6, 2008 ItalyItaly Val di Fiemme 9 km freestyle pursuit Tour de Ski 2007/08

Victories in Continental Cup races

No. date place discipline series
1. December 15, 2007 AustriaAustria St. Ulrich am Pillersee 5 km freestyle Alpine Cup
2. December 16, 2007 AustriaAustria St. Ulrich am Pillersee 10 km classic mass start Alpine Cup
3. December 21, 2016 UkraineUkraine Syanti 10 km freestyle Eastern Europe Cup

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. December 13, 2009 ItalyItaly Livigno La Sgambeda 42 km freestyle mass start
2. December 19, 2010 ItalyItaly Livigno La Sgambeda 42 km freestyle mass start
3. January 22, 2012 AustriaAustria Lienz Dolomites run 42 km freestyle mass start
4th February 12, 2012 FranceFrance Lamoura Transjurassienne 50 km freestyle mass start
5. February 25, 2012 FinlandFinland Lahti Finlandia-hiihto 50 km classic mass start
6th January 13, 2013 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Bedřichov Jizera Mountains Run 50 km classic mass start

Other victories in ski marathon races

Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games

Olympic games

  • 1998 Nagano : 9th place relay, 11th place 15 km classic, 14th place 30 km freestyle, 19th place 10 km classic, 20th place 15 km pursuit
  • 2002 Salt Lake City : 5th place 30 km classic, 12th place 10 km classic, 20th place 10 km pursuit, 21st place 15 km freestyle mass start
  • 2006 Turin : 7th place 30 km freestyle mass start, 8th place relay, 14th place 15 km pursuit, 21st place 10 km classic
  • 2010 Vancouver : 9th place 10 km freestyle, 13th place relay, 14th place 15 km pursuit
  • 2014 Sochi : 12th place relay, 14th place 30 km freestyle mass start, 24th place 10 km classic, 27th place 15 km skiathlon

Nordic World Ski Championships

  • 1995 Thunder Bay : 54th place 15 km pursuit, 63rd place 5 km classic
  • 1997 Trondheim : 10th place relay, 15th place 30 km classic, 26th place 15 km pursuit, 31st place 15 km freestyle, 38th place 5 km classic
  • 1999 Ramsau : 6th place relay, 6th place 5 km classic, 11th place 30 km classic, 12th place 15 km freestyle, 15th place 15 km pursuit
  • 2003 Val di Fiemme : 6th place 10 km classic, 7th place 30 km freestyle, 9th place 2 × 5 km double pursuit, 20th place 15 km classic mass start
  • 2005 Oberstdorf : 14th place 15 km pursuit, 14th place 10 km freestyle
  • 2007 Sapporo : 8th place 10 km freestyle, 12th place 30 km classic mass start, 12th place relay, 14th place 15 km pursuit
  • 2009 Liberec : 3rd place 30 km freestyle mass start, 5th place 10 km classic, 5th place 15 km pursuit, 11th place relay
  • 2011 Oslo : 12th place relay, 14th place 30 km freestyle mass start, 16th place 10 km classic, 17th place 15 km pursuit
  • 2013 Val di Fiemme : 10th place relay, 12th place 30 km classic mass start, 21st place 15 km skiathlon, 22nd place 10 km freestyle
  • 2015 Falun : 11th place relay, 28th place 15 km skiathlon, 33rd place 30 km classic mass start
  • 2017 Lahti : 42nd place 15 km skiathlon, 44th place 10 km classic

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 3 1 4th
2nd place 2 1 1 1 5
3rd place 3 1 1 5
Top 10 2 34 11 5 2 13 2 69 4th
Scoring 14th 68 25th 12 4th 22nd 4th 15th 164 1 11
Starts 21st 77 27 13 4th 22nd 13 17th 194 1 11
Status: end of season 2014/15
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
1995/96 2 66. - - - -
1996/97 48 41. - - - -
1997/98 94 27. - - 27 37.
1998/99 187 18th - - 47 36.
1999/2000 257 17th - - 2 64.
2000/01 - - - - - -
2001/02 254 19th - - - -
2002/03 317 13. - - 16 55.
2003/04 983 3. 983 1. - -
2004/05 250 19th 250 12. - -
2005/06 376 14th 376 8th. - -
2006/07 541 7th 295 9. 6th 71.
2007/08 957 6th 707 2. 50 38.
2008/09 494 15th 419 10. 3 85.
2009/10 310 24. 222 16. 14th 69.
2010/11 350 19th 232 16. - -
2011/12 280 30th 184 21st - -
2012/13 290 28. 218 22nd - -
2013/14 134 45. 62 36. - -

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Result of the Dolomitenlauf 2016
personal data
SURNAME Shevchenko, Walentyna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ukrainian cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd October 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Hannivka , Chernihiv Oblast , Ukrainian SSR , Soviet Union