Valentina Shevchenko

For the Ukrainian politician, see Valentyna Shevchenko.
For the Kyrgyzstani kickboxer, see Valentina Shevchenko (fighter).
Valentina Shevchenko
Personal information
Full name Valentina Shevchenko
Born 2 October 1975
Nosivka Raion, Ukrainian SSR
World Cup
Seasons 1995–
Wins 4
Additional podiums 14
Total podiums 18
Updated on February 23, 2013.

Valentina Shevchenko (Ukrainian: Валентина Шевченко) (born 2 October 1975 in Nosivka Raion) is a Ukrainian cross country skier who has been competing in the World Cup since the 1995–96 season.

Career

She won the bronze medal in the 30 km event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec.

Competing in four Winter Olympics, Shevchenko earned her best finish finished fifth in the 30 km at Salt Lake City in 2002.

She won the 30 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 2008, as well as La Sgambeda on 19 December 2010 in Livigno, Italy.

Shevchenko carried the Ukrainian flag at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics.[1]

Performances

Level Year Event SP IS PU MS TS R
NJWSC 1994 Austria Breitenwang, Austria 19 45
NWSC 1995 Canada Thunder Bay, Canada 63 54
NWSC 1997 Norway Trondheim, Norway 38 31 26 15
OLY 1998 Japan Nagano, Japan 19 11 20 14
NWSC 1999 Austria Ramsau, Austria 6 12 15 11
OLY 2002 United States Salt Lake City, USA 12 21 20 5
NWSC 2003 Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy 6 20 9 7
NWSC 2005 Germany Oberstdorf, Germany 14 14 DNF
OLY 2006 Italy Turin, Italy 21 14 7 8
NWSC 2007 Japan Sapporo, Japan 8 14 12 12
NWSC 2009 Czech Republic Liberec, Czech Republic 5 5 3 11
OLY 2010 Canada Vancouver, Canada 9 14 DNF 13
NWSC 2011 Norway Oslo, Norway 16 17 14 12
NWSC 2013 Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy 22 21 12 10

World Cup

Podiums

Season Place Competition Placement
2003–04 Norway Beitostoelen, Norway 10 km F 2
2003–04 Finland Kuusamo, Finland 10 km C 1
2003–04 Italy Toblach, Italy 15 km F Mst 2
2003–04 Switzerland Davos, Switzerland 10 km C 1
2003–04 Austria Ramsau, Austria 10 km F 3
2003–04 Austria Ramsau, Austria 2x7.5 km M Pursuit 2
2003–04 Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy 70 km C Mst 2
2003–04 Norway Oslo, Norway 30 km F 3
2004–05 Norway Oslo, Norway 30 km F 3
2005–06 Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic 10 km F 3
2006–07 Germany Oberstdorf, Germany 5 km C & 5 km F Pursuit 2 *
2006–07 Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy 10 km F Final Climb 3 *
2006–07 Germany Munich, Germany
Germany Oberstdorf, Germany
Italy Asiago, Italy
Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy
2007 Tour de Ski 3 *
2006–07 Estonia Otepää, Estonia 10 km C 3
2007–08 Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy 9 km F Handicap Start 1 *
2007–08 Canada Canmore, Canada 10 km F 1
2007–08 Finland Lahti, Finland 10 km C 2
2007–08 Norway Oslo, Norway 30 km F 1
2008–09 Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy 10 km F Handicap Start 3 *

(*) – Tour de Ski

Positions

Season DI SP LD* MD* TOTAL
1995–96 66
1996–97 25 41
1997–98 37 16 27
1998–99 36 14 18
1999–2000 64 12 16 17
2001–02 19
2002–03 55 13
2003–04 1 3
2004–05 12 19
2005–06 8 14
2006–07 9 71 7
2007–08 2 38 6
2008–09 10 85 15
2009–10 16 69 24
2010–11 16 19
2011–12 21 30

(*) – to 2000

References

  1. Photo#467590469, Getty Images (7 February 2014)
Olympic Games
Preceded by
Liliya Ludan
Flagbearer for  Ukraine
Sochi 2014
Succeeded by
Incumbent