Denis Wolotka

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Denis Wolotka Cross-country skiing
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Full name Denis Vladimirovich Volotka
nation KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan
birthday October 10, 1985
place of birth BorovoyeSoviet UnionSoviet UnionSoviet Union 
Career
status active
Medal table
NM medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
 Debut in the World Cup January 22, 2010
 World Cup victories in the team 1 ( details )
 Overall World Cup 117th ( 2011/12 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Team sprint 1 0 0
Placements in the Continental Cup (COC)
 Debut in the Continental Cup November 22, 2007
 EEC overall rating 5th ( 2008/09 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 EEC individual races 0 1 0
last change: December 30, 2015

Denis Wladimirowitsch Wolotka ( Russian Денис Владимирович Волотка ; English Denis Volotka ; born October 10, 1985 in Borowoje , Koktschetaw Oblast , Kazakh SSR , Soviet Union ) is a Kazakh cross-country skier .

Career

Until 2010 Wolotka took part in FIS races and the Eastern Europe Cup , which he finished in 2008 in fifth place in the overall standings. He had his first World Cup race in Rybinsk in January 2010 . In the sprint competition he reached 25th place and thus got his first World Cup points. At the Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo in 2011 , he reached sixth place in the team sprint. In December 2011 he took tenth place in Davos in the sprint, his best World Cup result. At the Kazakh cross-country skiing championships in 2012 in Almaty , he won bronze in the sprint. In the 2012/13 season he was able to win the Québec World Cup in a team sprint with Nikolai Tschebotko . His best result at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2013 in Val di Fiemme was 50th place in the sprint. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , he reached 58th place in the sprint and 13th place in the relay. In February 2015 he came 71st place in the 15 km freestyle and 52nd place in the sprint at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun . At the Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 in Lahti , he finished 41st place over 15 km classic, 40th place in the sprint and ninth place with the relay. His best placings at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang were 51st place in the sprint and eighth place in the relay.

The following year Wolotka took 51st place over 15 km classic at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Seefeld in Tyrol , 45th place in the sprint, 15th place together with Nikolai Tschebotko in the team sprint and seventh place with the relay. In March 2019, he became the Kazakh sprint champion in Shchuchinsk .

Participation in World Championships and Olympic Winter Games

Olympic games

  • 2014 Sochi : 13th place relay, 58th place sprint freestyle
  • 2018 Pyeongchang : 8th place relay, 15th place team sprint freestyle, 51st place sprint classic, 64th place 15 km freestyle

Nordic World Ski Championships

  • 2011 Oslo : 6th place team sprint classic
  • 2013 Val di Fiemme : 50th place sprint classic, 62nd place 15 km freestyle
  • 2015 Falun : 52nd place sprint classic, 71st place 15 km freestyle
  • 2017 Lahti : 9th place relay, 40th place sprint freestyle, 41st place 15 km classic
  • 2019 Seefeld in Tirol : 7th place relay, 15th place team sprint classic, 45th place sprint freestyle, 51st place 15 km classic

World Cup victories in the team

No. date place discipline
1. December 7, 2012 CanadaCanada Quebec Team sprint freestyle 1

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   1
2nd place  
3rd place  
Top 10 1 1 3 1
Scoring 1 5 6th 6th 7th
Starts 6th 17th 1 9 43 7th 83 6th 7th
Status: end of season 2018/19
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
2009/10 19th 134. 13 95. 6th 100.
2010/11 - - - - - -
2011/12 26th 117. - - 26th 66.
2012/13 6th 152. - - 6th 94.
2013/14 19th 125. - - 19th 67.

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