Alexey Poltoranin

Alexey Poltoranin

Poltoranin at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Born (1987-04-27) April 27, 1987
Ridder, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
World Cup career
Seasons 2005–
Individual wins 8
Indiv. podiums 18

Alexey Yurevich Poltoranin (Russian: Алексей Юрьевич Полторанин, born April 29, 1987) is a Kazakh 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

World Championships and Olympics

Poltoranin competed at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics, the World Ski Championships in 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2013.

Poltoranin finished fifth in both the individual and team sprint at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.[1][2]

In the 2013 World Championship in Val di Fiemme Poltoranin 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.[3] In the last day of the championship, he took bronze at the men's 50 km classic and finished after Johan Olsson and Dario Cologna.[4] 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.

World Cup

Poltoranin and Emil Jönsson at Royal Palace Sprint in Stockholm. March 20, 2013.

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. Poltoranin claimed 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 Poltoranin was the first win since March 1998 when Vladimir Smirnov won the 30 km in Lahti.[5] In the 2011–12 season, he made only one victory, when he won Nordic opening's 15 km classical handicap in Kuusamo. In December 17, 2011, he placed third at 15 kilometer classic in Rogla.[6]

The 2013–14 season was more successful for Poltoranin, than previous years. He began his world cup run on November 11, 2012 in Gällivare, where he reached his first season podium finishing second in 15 km freestyle race.[7] In December 2, 2012, he took third at Nordic Opening's 15 km classical handicap start in Kuusamo crossing the line 3.4 seconds behind Petter Northug.[8] He finished Nordic Opening 3rd overall.[9] Poltoranin won his first ever Tour de Ski stage in the 5 km classic individual in Toblach as Petter Northug finished second to maintain his overall lead.[10] He also won stage 6 in Val di Fiemme and finished 11th overall in general classification.[11] In January 19, 2013, Poltoranin won the men's 15-kilometre classical-style mass start race in a sprint finish, clocking 37 minutes, 11.6 seconds to beat Russia's Alexander Bessmertnykh by .01 seconds.[12] In February 6, 2013, he won 1.5 k classic sprint in Davos. In the final run in Poltoranin coasted in comfortably with a time of 3:25.7, while Cologna narrowly out-sprinted Pellegrino for a second-place finish to please the home crowd. This was Poltoranin’s first sprint victory on the World Cup.[13][14] He placed second in last two stages of the season in Lahti and Drammen, where in both races was defeated by Petter Northug.[15][16] Poltoranin finished 2012–13 World Cup season 4th overall with 995 points.[17]

Career highlights

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships Medals
2013 – Italy Val di Fiemme 3rd 3rd, 50 km classical mass start
2013 – Italy Val di Fiemme 3rd 3rd, team freestyle sprint (with Chebotko)
FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships Medals
2004 – Norway Stryn 1st 1st, 4×10 km relay (with Koshevoy / Cherepanov / Safonov)
2007 – Italy Tarvisio 2nd 2nd, 10 km freestyle
FIS Nordic Under 23 World Ski Championships Medals
2008 – Italy Mals 2nd 2nd, 15 km classical
2009 – France Praz de Lys Sommand 2nd 2nd, 15 km freestyle
Asian Winter Games
2007 – China Changchun 2nd 2nd, freestyle sprint
2011 – Kazakhstan Almaty 1st 1st, classical sprint
2011 – Kazakhstan Almaty 1st 1st, team freestyle sprint (with Chebotko)
2011 – Kazakhstan Almaty 3rd 3rd, 10 km classical individual
2011 – Kazakhstan Almaty 1st 1st, 30 km classical mass start
2011 – Kazakhstan Almaty 1st 1st, 4×10 km relay (with Cherepanov / Chebotko / Velichko)
World Cup podiums
2010 – Switzerland Davos 1st 1st, 15 km classical individual
2011 – Slovenia Rogla 3rd 3rd, 15 km classical mass start
2012 – Finland Kuusamo 3rd 3rd (Nordic Opening overall)
2012 – Sweden Gällivare 2nd 2nd, 15 km freestyle individual
2013 – France La Clusaz 1st 1st, 15 km classical mass start
2013 – Switzerland Davos 1st 1st, classical sprint
2013 – Finland Lahti 2nd 2nd, 15 km classical individual
2013 – Norway Drammen 2nd 2nd, classical sprint
2013 – Norway Lillehammer 2nd 2nd, 15 km classical individual
2013 – Italy Asiago 2nd 2nd, classical sprint
2014 – Poland Szklarska Poręba 3rd 3rd, 15 km classical mass start
Team World Cup podiums
2013 – Italy Asiago 2nd 2nd, team classical sprint (with Chebotko)
Stage World Cup podiums
2010 – Finland Kuusamo 2nd 2nd, classical sprint (Nordic Opening)
2011 – Finland Kuusamo 1st 1st, 15 km classical handicap (Nordic Opening)
2012 – Finland Kuusamo 3rd 3rd, 15 km classical handicap (Nordic Opening)
2013 – Italy Toblach 1st 1st, 5 km classical individual (Tour de Ski)
2013 – Italy Val di Fiemme 1st 1st, 15 km classical mass start (Tour de Ski)
2014 – Switzerland Lenzerheide 1st 1st, 15 km classical mass start (Tour de Ski)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cross Country Skiing at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Men's Sprint". Sports-Reference.com. February 17, 2010. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Cross Country Skiing at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Men's Team Sprint". Sports-Reference.com. February 17, 2010. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Kazakhstan skiers Alexey Poltoranin, Nikolay Chebotko win bronze at World Championship". Inform.kz. February 25, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  4. ↑ Alex Matthews (March 3, 2013). "Olsson Skis Race of His Life for World Championships 50 k Gold". FasterSkier.com. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Bjoergen and Poltaranin are the winners in Davos". DavosNordic.ch. December 11, 2010. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  6. ↑ Audrey Mangan (December 17, 2011). "Northug Emerges Victor in Close Rogla Finish". FasterSkier.com. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  7. ↑ Audrey Mangan (November 25, 2012). "Kazakhstan skier Alexey Poltoranin becomes the second in the cross-country World Cup races". BNews.kz. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  8. ↑ "Northug Stymies Russian Charge, Chase Pack to Win Kuusamo Pursuit". FasterSkier.com. December 2, 2012. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  9. ↑ Audrey Mangan (November 11, 2012). "Bjoergen and Sundby win first world cup races in Gällivare". Fisher Sports. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Poltoranin wins maiden Tour de Ski stage". Eurosport. January 4, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  11. ↑ "2013 FIS Tour de Ski: Stage 6: Poltoranin wins". Universal Sports. January 8, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Canadians finish well back in men's 15K classical-style race". CBC.ca. January 19, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  13. ↑ "Kowalczyk and Poltoranin cruise to Davos sprint wins". Eurosport. February 16, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  14. ↑ Matti Rowe (February 16, 2013). "Poltoranin Claims First Classic Sprint Victory in Davos". FasterSkier.com. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Petter Northug, Justyna Kowalczyk win cross-country World Cup races in Finland". Times Colonist. March 10, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  16. ↑ "Northug Nips Poltoranin in Drammen Classic Sprint". FasterSkier.com. March 13, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  17. ↑ "2012–13 FIS Cross-Country World Cup standing results". FIS. Retrieved December 8, 2013.

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