Viktor Stanislavowitsch Korchagin

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Viktor Korchagin, 2009

Viktor Stanislavowitsch Korchagin ( Russian Виктор Станиславович Корчагин ; born August 7, 1967 in Novy Afon , Abkhaz ASSR , Soviet Union ) is a Russian orienteer ski and mountain bike orienteer .

career

Korchagin became world champion four times in orienteering skiing: in 1998 on the long distance and three times between 1998 and 2002 with the Russian relay. He won his first medal back in 1992 when the CIS relay reached second place. In 1994 the Russian team won bronze with Korchagin. His big breakthrough followed in 1998: He finished fourth in the short distance, and gold in the long distance and relay. Also in 2000 and 2002 he was world champion with the Russian relay. In 2002 Korschagin won the silver medal in the sprint.

In 2002 Wiktor Korchagin also took part in the first Mountain Bike Orienteering World Championship in France. He finished in the top six in all three competitions. At the following World Cup in 2004 he was third on the short distance behind Adrian Jackson from Australia and Alain Berger from Switzerland, in 2005 second behind his compatriot Ruslan Grizan on the long distance. He won another medal in 2006 when the Russian relay won silver.

Placements

Ski orienteering

World Championships:

  • 1990 : 15th place short, 4th place relay
  • 1992 : 23rd place short, 20th place long, 2nd place relay
  • 1994 : 6th place short, 9th place long, 3rd place relay
  • 1996 : 10th place short, 22nd place long, 4th place relay
  • 1998 : 4th place short, 1st place long, 1st place relay
  • 2000 : 7th place short, 9th place long, 1st place relay
  • 2002 : 2nd place sprint, 17th place medium, 14th place long, 1st place relay

Overall World Cup:

  • 1989: 57th place
  • 1993: 24th place
  • 2001: 16th place

Mountain bike orienteering

World Championships:

  • 2002 : 5th place short, 6th place long, 4th place relay
  • 2004 : 3rd place short, 15th place long, 6th place relay
  • 2005 : 2nd place long, 4th place relay
  • 2006 : 10th place medium, 9th place long, 2nd place relay
  • 2007 : 18th place short, 4th place medium, 16th place long, 4th place relay
  • 2008 : 22nd place medium, 20th place long
  • 2009 : 4th place sprint, 26th place medium, 28th place long
  • 2010 : 6th place sprint, 26th place medium, long dsq.
  • 2011 : 40th place sprint, 69th place medium, long dsq.

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personal data
SURNAME Korchagin, Viktor Stanislavowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Корчагин, Виктор Станиславович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian ski orienteer and mountain bike orienteer
DATE OF BIRTH 7th August 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Novy Afon , Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic , Soviet Union