Alexey Poltoranin

Alexey Poltoranin
Personal information
Born	(1987-04-27) April 27, 1987 Ridder, Kazakh SSR, USSR
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Professional information
Skis	Fischer
World Cup
Seasons	2005–
Wins	3
Additional podiums	5
Total podiums	8
Medal record Men's cross country skiing Competitor for Kazakhstan World Championships Bronze 2013 Val di Flemme Team sprint Bronze 2013 Val di Flemme 50 km Asian Winter Games Gold 2011 Astana-Almaty Sprint Gold 2011 Astana-Almaty Team sprint Gold 2011 Astana-Almaty 30 km Gold 2011 Astana-Almaty 4×10 km relay Silver 2007 Changchun Sprint Bronze 2011 Astana-Almaty 10 km

Alexey Poltoranin (Алексей Юрьевич Полторанин, born April 29, 1987) is a Kazakhstani 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

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

Poltaranin finished fifth in both the individual and team sprint at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

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

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. Poltaranin got 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 Poltaranin was the first win since March 1998 when Vladimir Smirnov won the 30 km in Lahti.

In 2011 he placed third at 15 kilometer classic in Rogla. In 2012 he placed second at the 15 kilometer freestyle race at Gaellivare and third at 15 km classical handicap start in Kuusamo. He has finished Nordic Opening 3rd overall. He won two stages in Toblach and Val di Fiemme at the Tour de Ski 2012/13 and finished 11th overall. In 2013 he got a victory at 15 kilometer classic in Davos and another at sprint in La Clusaz. He placed second in two stages in Lahti and Drammen, where in both races he was defeated by Petter Northug.

Career highlights

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships Medals

2013 - Val di Fiemme 3rd, 50 km classical mass start

2013 - Val di Fiemme 3rd, team freestyle sprint (with Chebotko)

FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships Medals

2004 - Stryn 1st, 4×10 km relay (with Koshevoy / Cherepanov / Safonov)

2007 - Tarvisio 2nd, 10 km freestyle

FIS Nordic Under 23 World Ski Championships Medals

2008 - Malles Venosta 2nd, 15 km classical

2009 - Praz de Lys Sommand 2nd, 15 km freestyle

Asian Winter Games

2007 - Changchun 2nd, freestyle sprint

2011 - Almaty 1st, classical sprint

2011 - Almaty 1st, team freestyle sprint (with Chebotko)

2011 - Almaty 3rd, 10 km classical individual

2011 - Almaty 1st, 30 km classical mass start

2011 - Almaty 1st, 4×10 km relay (with Cherepanov / Chebotko / Velichko)

Nordic Opening Overall

2012 - Kuusamo 3rd

World Cup podiums

2010 - Davos 1st, 15 km classical individual

2011 - Rogla 3rd, 15 km classical mass start

2012 - Gällivare 2nd, 15 km freestyle individual

2013 - La Clusaz 1st, 15 km classical mass start

2013 - Davos 1st, classical sprint

2013 - Lahti 2nd, 15 km classical individual

2013 - Drammen 2nd, classical sprint

Stage World Cup podiums

2010 - Kuusamo 2nd, classical sprint (Nordic Opening)

2011 - Kuusamo 1st, 15 km classical handicap (Nordic Opening)

2012 - Kuusamo 3rd, 15 km classical handicap (Nordic Opening)

2013 - Toblach 1st, 5 km classical individual (Tour de Ski)

2013 - Val di Fiemme 1st, 15 km classical mass start (Tour de Ski)

• Сonfirmed by Official FIS Results

See also

• FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013

External links

• Alexey Poltoranin at the International Ski Federation
• Alexey Poltoranin at the Fischersports