Alexey Poltoranin
Poltoranin at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Country Kazakhstan
Born (1987-04-29) April 29, 1987
Ridder, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
World Cup career
Seasons14 – (2005, 2007–2019)
Starts184
Podiums27
Wins11
Overall titles0 – (4th in 2013)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Kazakhstan
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Val di FlemmeTeam sprint
Bronze medal – third place2013 Val di Flemme50 km classical
U23 World Championships
Silver medal – second place2008 Mals15 km classical
Silver medal – second place2009 Praz de Lys-Sommand15 km freestyle
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place2004 Stryn4 × 10 km relay
Silver medal – second place2007 Tarvisio10 km freestyle
Asian Winter Games
Gold medal – first place 2011 Astana-AlmatyIndividual sprint
Gold medal – first place2011 Astana-AlmatyTeam sprint
Gold medal – first place2011 Astana-Almaty30 km pursuit
Gold medal – first place2011 Astana-Almaty4 × 10 km relay
Silver medal – second place2007 ChangchunIndividual sprint
Bronze medal – third place2011 Astana-Almaty10 km classical
Updated on 20 November 2021.

Alexey Yurevich Poltoranin (Kazakh: Алексей Юрьевич Полтаранин, 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 won two bronze medals. Most of his best results are in the classic technique.

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2019 Poltoranin was one of five athletes caught doping by Bundeskriminalamt in a police raid in Seefeld, Austria.[1] He was arrested before the start of the 15 kilometre classical race. He admitted to using blood doping.[2]

His wife is biathlete Olga Poltoranina.

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.[3][4]

In the 2013 World Championship in Val di Fiemme, Poltoranin won two bronze medals. On the first day, Poltoranin competed in the classic sprint where he qualified to the semifinals, but he broke his ski poles at the start. On the next day, Alexey Poltoranin and Nikolay Chebotko won bronze at the men's team sprint.[5] On the last day of the championship, he took bronze in the men's 50 km classic and finished after Johan Olsson and Dario Cologna.[6] 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 km relay in Gällivare 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 Lukáš Bauer. For Kazakhstan, the victory of Poltoranin was the first win since March 1998 when Vladimir Smirnov won the 30 km in Lahti.[7] In the 2011–12 season, he made only one victory, when he won Nordic Opening's 15 km classical handicap in Kuusamo. On December 17, 2011, he placed third at 15 kilometer classic in Rogla.[8]

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.[9] On 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.[10] He finished Nordic Opening 3rd overall.[11] 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.[12] He also won stage 6 in Val di Fiemme and finished 11th overall in general classification.[13] On 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.[14] On 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.[15][16] He placed second in last two stages of the season in Lahti and Drammen, where in both races was defeated by Petter Northug.[17][18] Poltoranin finished 2012–13 World Cup season 4th overall with 995 points.[19]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[20]

Olympic Games

 Year   Age   15 km 
 individual 		  30 km 
 skiathlon 		  50 km 
 mass start 		  Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
20061839—————
20102214—275115
201426915———8
201830——1517815

World Championships

  • 2 medals – (2 bronze)
 Year   Age   15 km 
 individual 		  30 km 
 skiathlon 		  50 km 
 mass start 		  Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
200719—32—177—
2009211649—45107
20112331———136
201325——Bronze1113Bronze
201527—2173513—
2017297———917
201931DNS11————

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Sprint Nordic
Opening		 Tour de
Ski		 World Cup
Final		 Ski Tour
Canada
200517NCNC—————
20071915099—————
20082010763NC—4543—
2009218252109————
201022695457————
20112334313415———
2012242622424—39—
2013254463rd place, bronze medalist(s)11DNF—
2014261261818DNFDNF—
2015278770117——
201628111633195—12
201729724974————
2018307663114DNF—
2019315431NC36DNF——

Individual podiums

  • 11 victories – (4 WC, 7 SWC)
  • 27 podiums – (14 WC, 13 SWC)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1 2010–11 26 November 2010Finland Rukatunturi, Finland1.4 km Sprint CStage World Cup2nd
211 December 2010Switzerland Davos, Switzerland15 km Individual CWorld Cup1st
32011–1227 November 2011Finland Rukatunturi, Finland15 km Pursuit CStage World Cup1st
417 December 2011Slovenia Rogla, Slovenia15 km Mass Start CWorld Cup3rd
5 2012–13 24 November 2012Sweden Gällivare, Sweden15 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
630 November
– 2 December 2012		Finland Nordic OpeningOverall StandingsWorld Cup3rd
74 January 2013Italy Toblach, Italy5 km Individual CStage World Cup1st
85 January 2013Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy15 km Mass Start CStage World Cup1st
919 January 2013France La Clusaz, France15 km Mass Start CWorld Cup1st
1016 February 2013Switzerland Davos, Switzerland1.5 km Sprint CWorld Cup1st
1110 March 2013Finland Lahti, Finland15 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
1213 March 2013Norway Drammen, Norway1.3 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
13 2013–14 7 December 2013Norway Lillehammer, Norway15 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
1421 December 2013Italy Asiago, Italy1.65 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
151 January 2014Switzerland Lenzerheide, Switzerland15 km Mass Start CStage World Cup1st
1619 January 2014Poland Szklarska Poręba, Poland15 km Mass Start CWorld Cup3rd
17 2014–15 7 December 2014Norway Lillehammer, Norway15 km Pursuit CStage World Cup2nd
187 January 2015Italy Toblach, Italy10 km Individual CStage World Cup1st
1910 January 2015Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy15 km Mass Start CStage World Cup2nd
208 March 2015Finland Lahti, Finland15 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
21 2015–16 5 January 2016Germany Oberstdorf, Germany1.2 km Sprint CStage World Cup3rd
226 January 201615 km Mass Start CStage World Cup1st
239 January 2016Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy15 km Mass Start CStage World Cup3rd
24 2017–18 17 December 2017Italy Toblach, Italy15 km Pursuit CWorld Cup3rd
2531 December 2017Switzerland Lenzerheide, Switzerland15 km Individual CStage World Cup2nd
266 January 2018Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy15 km Mass Start CStage World Cup1st
2721 January 2018Slovenia Planica, Slovenia15 km Individual CWorld Cup1st

Team podiums

  • 1 podium – (1 TS)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate
1 2013–14 22 December 2013Italy Asiago, Italy6 × 1.65 km Team Sprint CWorld Cup2ndChebotko

Other career highlights

Asian Winter Games
2007 – China Changchun 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd, freestyle sprint
2011 – Kazakhstan Almaty 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st, classical sprint
2011 – Kazakhstan Almaty 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st, team freestyle sprint (with Chebotko)
2011 – Kazakhstan Almaty 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd, 10 km classical individual
2011 – Kazakhstan Almaty 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st, 30 km classical mass start
2011 – Kazakhstan Almaty 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st, 4 × 10 km relay (with Cherepanov / Chebotko / Velichko)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Nine arrests after raids in connection with the World Ski Championships". Sportschau. February 27, 2019. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Nordic skiing: Blood doping scandal rocks sport as five athletes arrested". BBC. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "Cross Country Skiing at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Men's Sprint". Sports-Reference.com. February 17, 2010. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Cross Country Skiing at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Men's Team Sprint". Sports-Reference.com. February 17, 2010. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Kazakhstan skiers Alexey Poltoranin, Nikolay Chebotko win bronze at World Championship". Inform.kz. February 25, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  6. ↑ Alex Matthews (March 3, 2013). "Olsson Skis Race of His Life for World Championships 50 k Gold". FasterSkier.com. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Bjoergen and Poltaranin are the winners in Davos". DavosNordic.ch. December 11, 2010. Archived from the original on December 12, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  8. ↑ Audrey Mangan (December 17, 2011). "Northug Emerges Victor in Close Rogla Finish". FasterSkier.com. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ "Northug Stymies Russian Charge, Chase Pack to Win Kuusamo Pursuit". FasterSkier.com. December 2, 2012. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  11. ↑ Audrey Mangan (November 11, 2012). "Bjoergen and Sundby win first world cup races in Gällivare". Fisher Sports. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Poltoranin wins maiden Tour de Ski stage". Eurosport. January 4, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  13. ↑ "2013 FIS Tour de Ski: Stage 6: Poltoranin wins". Universal Sports. January 8, 2013. Archived from the original on December 12, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Canadians finish well back in men's 15K classical-style race". CBC.ca. January 19, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Kowalczyk and Poltoranin cruise to Davos sprint wins". Eurosport. February 16, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  16. ↑ Matti Rowe (February 16, 2013). "Poltoranin Claims First Classic Sprint Victory in Davos". FasterSkier.com. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  17. ↑ "Petter Northug, Justyna Kowalczyk win cross-country World Cup races in Finland". Times Colonist. March 10, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  18. ↑ "Northug Nips Poltoranin in Drammen Classic Sprint". FasterSkier.com. March 13, 2013. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  19. ↑ "2012–13 FIS Cross-Country World Cup standing results". FIS. Retrieved December 8, 2013.
  20. ↑ "POLTORANIN Alexey". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
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