Vasily Vasilyevich Rochev (Russian: Василий Васильевич Рочев; born 23 October 1980 in Syktyvkar, Komi ASSR, Russian SFSR) is a Russian cross-country skier who has competed since 2000. He won the bronze medal in the Team sprint event at the 2006 Winter Olympics at Turin.
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 Vasily Rochev in 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Vasily Vasilyevich Rochev | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 October 1980 Syktyvkar, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 11 – (2000–2010) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Starts | 130 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (6th in 2006) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rochev has four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold (Individual sprint: 2005), two silvers (Team sprint and 4x10 km: both 2007), and one bronze (4x10 km: 2005). He has won fourteen events in cross-country skiing since 2002.
He is the son of Vasily Rochev who won two medals at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York (gold: 4 x 10 km, silver: 30 km), and two medals at the 1974 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun (silver: 4 x 10 km, bronze: 15 km).
He is the second husband of fellow Russian cross-country skier Yuliya Chepalova, who gave birth to her second child Vaselina in April 2007. Chepalova had another child in 2003 from a previous marriage.
Cross-country skiing results edit
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]
Olympic Games edit
- 1 medal – (1 bronze)
| Year | Age | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | 50 km | Sprint | 4 × 10 km relay |
Team sprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 21 | 25 | — | — | — | 28 | — | — |
| 2006 | 25 | 4 | — | — | — | 11 | 6 | Bronze |
World Championships edit
- 5 medals – (1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
| Year | Age | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | 50 km | Sprint | 4 × 10 km relay |
Team sprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 20 | 24 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003 | 22 | 31 | — | — | — | 7 | 4 | — |
| 2005 | 24 | 22 | — | — | — | Gold | Bronze | 8 |
| 2007 | 26 | — | — | — | — | 8 | Silver | Silver |
| 2009 | 28 | 19 | — | — | — | 11 | DSQ | — |
World Cup edit
Season standings edit
| Season | Age | Discipline standings | Ski Tour standings | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Distance | Long Distance |
Middle Distance |
Sprint | Tour de Ski |
World Cup Final | ||
| 2000 | 19 | 84 | — | — | — | 47 | — | — |
| 2001 | 20 | 102 | — | — | — | 68 | — | — |
| 2002 | 21 | 50 | — | — | — | 23 | — | — |
| 2003 | 22 | 20 | — | — | — | 15 | — | — |
| 2004 | 23 | 32 | 78 | — | — | 11 | — | — |
| 2005 | 24 | 15 | 16 | — | — | 22 | — | — |
| 2006 | 25 | 6 | 19 | — | — | 6 | — | — |
| 2007 | 26 | 23 | 48 | — | — | 10 | — | — |
| 2008 | 27 | 41 | 39 | — | — | 34 | — | 51 |
| 2009 | 28 | 17 | 28 | — | — | 22 | 5 | 38 |
| 2010 | 29 | 78 | 65 | — | — | 64 | — | — |
Individual podiums edit
- 2 victories – (2 WC)
- 8 podiums – (7 WC, 1 SWC)
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2002–03 | 30 November 2002 |  Rukatunturi, Finland |
15 km Individual C | World Cup | 1st |
| 2 | 2004–05 | 20 November 2004 |  Gällivare, Sweden |
15 km Individual C | World Cup | 3rd |
| 3 | 28 November 2004 | Rukatunturi, Finland |
15 km Individual C | World Cup | 2nd | |
| 4 | 2005–06 | 7 January 2006 |  Otepää, Estonia |
15 km Individual C | World Cup | 1st |
| 5 | 8 January 2006 | 1.5 km Sprint C | World Cup | 3rd | ||
| 6 | 22 January 2006 |  Oberstdorf, Germany |
1.2 km Sprint C | World Cup | 3rd | |
| 7 | 2006–07 | 28 January 2007 | Otepää, Estonia |
1.2 km Sprint C | World Cup | 2nd |
| 8 | 2008–09 | 29 December 2008 |  Prague, Czech Republic |
1.3 km Sprint F | Stage World Cup | 2nd |
Team podiums edit
- 3 victories – (1 RL, 2 TS)
- 9 podiums – (5 RL, 4 TS
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place | Teammate(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2001–02 | 27 November 2001 | Kuopio, Finland |
4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Ivanov / Bolshakov / Vilisov |
| 2 | 2003–04 | 15 February 2004 | Oberstdorf, Germany |
6 × 1.2 km Team Sprint F | World Cup | 3rd | Alypov |
| 3 | 6 March 2004 | Lahti, Finland |
6 × 1.0 km Team Sprint C | World Cup | 1st | Pankratov | |
| 4 | 2004–05 | 5 December 2004 |  Bern, Switzerland |
6 × 1.1 km Team Sprint F | World Cup | 1st | Alypov |
| 5 | 15 December 2004 |  Asiago, Italy |
6 × 1.2 km Team Sprint C | World Cup | 2nd | Pankratov | |
| 6 | 2006–07 | 19 November 2006 | Gällivare, Sweden |
4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Pankratov / Legkov / Dementyev |
| 7 | 17 December 2006 |  La Clusaz, France |
4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 1st | Pankratov / Legkov / Dementyev | |
| 8 | 25 March 2007 | Falun, Sweden |
4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Pankratov / Legkov / Vylegzhanin | |
| 9 | 2007–08 | 25 November 2007 |  Beitostølen, Norway |
4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Pankratov / Legkov / Dementyev |
References edit
- ^ "Athlete : ROTCHEV Vassili". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 2 April 2018.