Alexey Poltoranin
| Alexey Poltoranin | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 27, 1987 Ridder, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| World Cup career | |
| Seasons | 2005– |
| Podiums | 8 |
| Wins | 3 |
Medal record | |
Alexey Yurevich Poltoranin (Russian: Алексей Юрьевич Полторанин, born April 29, 1987) is a Kazakhstani cross-country skier who has competed at the international senior level since 2004. He has three world cup wins, one in 2010 and two in 2013. In the 2013 World Championship in Val di Fiemme he got two bronze medals. Most of his best results are in classic skiing.
Athletic career
Poltoranin competed at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics, the World Ski Championships in 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2013.
Poltaranin finished fifth in both the individual and team sprint at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
In the 2013 World Championship in Val di Fiemme Poltaranin won two bronze medals. First day, Poltoranin competed in classical sprint, where qualified to semifinal, but he broke his ski poles at the start and was forced to lost. Next day, Alexey Poltoranin and Nikolay Chebotko have won bronze at the men's team sprint. In the last day of the championship, he has took bronze at the men's 50 km classic and finished after Johan Olsson and Dario Cologna. His other World Championship results include sixth in the team sprint in 2011 and seventh places at the 4×10 km relay in 2007 and the team sprint in 2009.
The 2004/05 season was Alexey Poltoranin's first in the World Cup. First World Cup stage, where he competed, was 4×10 relay in Gaellivare in 2004, however he competed only in two races this season. Poltaranin got his first World Cup victory at the 15 kilometer classic race at Davos in 2010 and took that victory ahead of Alexander Legkov and Lukas Bauer. For Kazakhstan, the victory of Poltaranin was the first win since March 1998 when Vladimir Smirnov won the 30 km in Lahti.
In 2011 he placed third at 15 kilometer classic in Rogla. In 2012 he placed second at the 15 kilometer freestyle race at Gaellivare and third at 15 km classical handicap start in Kuusamo. He has finished Nordic Opening 3rd overall. He won two stages in Toblach and Val di Fiemme at the Tour de Ski 2012/13 and finished 11th overall. In 2013 he got a victory at 15 kilometer classic in Davos and another at sprint in La Clusaz. He placed second in two stages in Lahti and Drammen, where in both races he was defeated by Petter Northug.
Career highlights
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships Medals
- 2013 -
Val di Fiemme 
3rd, 50 km classical mass start - 2013 - Val di Fiemme 3rd, team freestyle sprint (with Chebotko)
- FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships Medals
- 2004 -
Stryn 
1st, 4×10 km relay (with Koshevoy / Cherepanov / Safonov) - 2007 - Tarvisio
2nd, 10 km freestyle
- FIS Nordic Under 23 World Ski Championships Medals
- 2008 - Malles Venosta 2nd, 15 km classical
- 2009 -
Praz de Lys Sommand 2nd, 15 km freestyle
- Asian Winter Games
- 2007 -
Changchun 2nd, freestyle sprint - 2011 -
Almaty 1st, classical sprint - 2011 - Almaty 1st, team freestyle sprint (with Chebotko)
- 2011 - Almaty 3rd, 10 km classical individual
- 2011 - Almaty 1st, 30 km classical mass start
- 2011 - Almaty 1st, 4×10 km relay (with Cherepanov / Chebotko / Velichko)
- Nordic Opening Overall
- 2012 -
Kuusamo 3rd
- World Cup podiums
- 2010 -
Davos 1st, 15 km classical individual - 2011 -
Rogla 3rd, 15 km classical mass start - 2012 -
Gällivare 2nd, 15 km freestyle individual - 2013 - La Clusaz 1st, 15 km classical mass start
- 2013 - Davos 1st, classical sprint
- 2013 - Lahti 2nd, 15 km classical individual
- 2013 - Drammen 2nd, classical sprint
- Stage World Cup podiums
- 2010 - Kuusamo 2nd, classical sprint (Nordic Opening)
- 2011 - Kuusamo 1st, 15 km classical handicap (Nordic Opening)
- 2012 - Kuusamo 3rd, 15 km classical handicap (Nordic Opening)
- 2013 - Toblach 1st, 5 km classical individual (Tour de Ski)
- 2013 - Val di Fiemme 1st, 15 km classical mass start (Tour de Ski)
- Сonfirmed by Official FIS Results
See also
External links
- Alexey Poltoranin at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Alexey Poltoranin at the Fischersports