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Vita Yakymchuk

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Vita Yakymchuk
Yakymchuk in 2010
Country Ukraine
Born (1980-04-07) 7 April 1980 (age 44)
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
World Cup career
Seasons11 – (19992002, 20042007, 20092011
Starts60
Podiums0
Overall titles0 – (70th in 2005)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  Ukraine
Winter Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2007 Turin 15 km mass start
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Poprad Relay

Vita Mykolayivna Yakymchuk (Ukrainian: Віта Миколаївна Якимчук; born April 7 1980) is a Ukrainian cross-country skier who has competed since 1998. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of eighth in the  4 × 5 km relay at Turin in 2006 and had her best individual finish of 22nd in the 30 km event at those same games.

Yakymchuk's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 12th twice in the  4 × 5 km relay (2007, 2009) while her best individual finish was 25th in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit event at Oberstdorf in 2005.

Her best World Cup finish was eighth in the  4 × 5 km relay at Finland in 2001 while her best individual finish was 13th in a 15 km event at Austria in 2004.

Cross-country skiing results

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All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]

Olympic Games

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 Year   Age   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
2002 21 44 41
2006 25 26 22 36 8
2010 29 45

World Championships

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 Year   Age   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
2001 20 59 CNX[a] 35
2003 22 48 36 33
2005 24 40 25 DSQ 13
2007 26 DNS 12
2009 28 36 37 33 31 11
2011 30 DNF 60 15
a. 1 Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup

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Season standings

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 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint Nordic
Opening
Tour de
Ski
World Cup
Final
1999 18 NC NC
2000 19 NC NC NC NC
2001 20 109 NC
2002 21 NC NC
2004 23 NC NC
2005 24 70 46
2006 25 106 74
2007 26 NC NC
2009 28 NC NC NC
2010 29 NC NC NC 39
2011 30 NC NC

References

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  1. ^ "JAKIMCHUK Vita". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
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