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Oleksandr Batyuk

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Oleksandr Batyuk
Country Ukraine
BornJanuary 4, 1960
Chernihiv, Soviet Union
World Cup career
Seasons1982–1988
Team wins1
Indiv. podiums0
Team podiums4
Indiv. starts23
Team starts5
Overall titles0 – (13th in 1983)

Oleksandr Mykhailovych Batyuk (Russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Батю́к; born January 14, 1960) is a former Soviet cross-country skier who competed in the 1980s, training at Dynamo in Chernihiv. He won a silver in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. He is a member of the Ski Federation of Ukraine and the only Olympian of the federation who received medal at Olympics.[1]

Batyuk also won two medals in the 4 × 10 km relay at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in 1982 (tied with Norway) and a silver in 1987.

His best individual finish was sixth twice in the World Cup (1984, 1986).

He was born in Chernihiv, Soviet Union.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]

Olympic Games

  • 1 medal – (1 silver)
 Year   Age   15 km  30 km  50 km  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1984 24 10 16 Silver
1988 28 15

World Championships

  • 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver)
 Year   Age   15 km  30 km  50 km  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1982 22 5 4 Gold
1985 25 13 14 11 6
1987 27 8 Silver

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age  Overall
1982 22 25
1983 23 13
1984 24 26
1985 25 15
1986 26 37
1987 27 14
1988 28 36

Team podiums

  • 1 victory
  • 4 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
1 1981–82 25 February 1982 Norway Oslo, Norway 4 × 10 km Relay World Championships[1] 1st Nikitin / Burlakov / Zavyalov
2 1983–84 16 February 1984 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sarajevo, Yugoslavia 4 × 10 km Relay Olympic Games[1] 2nd Zavyalov / Nikitin / Zimyatov
3 1986–87 17 February 1987 West Germany Oberstdorf, West Germany 4 × 10 km Relay F World Championships[1] 2nd Smirnov / Devyatyarov / Sakhnov
4 8 March 1987 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C World Cup 2nd Sakhnov / Uschkalenko / Prokurorov

Note: 1 Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Winter Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

  1. ^ "About the Ski Federation of Ukraine". Archived from the original on 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2018-02-12.. Ski Federation of Ukraine
  2. ^ "Athlete : BATYUK Alexander". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 1 April 2018.

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