Alexey Poltoranin Explained

Alexey Poltoranin
Birth Date:29 April 1987
Birth Place:Ridder, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height:1.86m (06.1feet)
Seasons:14 – (2005, 20072019)
Individual Starts:184
Team Starts:20
Wins:11
Totalpodiums:27
Teamwins:0
Teampodiums:1
Wcoveralls:0 – (4th in 2013)
Wctitles:0
Show-Medals:no
Updated:20 November 2021

Alexey Yurevich Poltoranin (Kazakh: Алексей Юрьевич Полтаранин, born 29 April 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

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 17 December 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 11 November 2012 in Gällivare, where he reached his first season podium, finishing second in 15 km freestyle race.[9] On 2 December 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 19 January 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 6 February 2013 he won the 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 
18
22 5
26 8
30 15

World Championships

 Year   Age   15 km 
 individual 
 30 km 
 skiathlon 
 50 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
19
21 7
23 6
25 Bronze
27
29
31

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age  Discipline standingsSki Tour standings
Overall Distance Sprint Nordic
Opening
Tour de
Ski
World Cup
Final
Ski Tour
Canada
17
19 150 99
20 107 63 45 43
21 82 52 109
22 69 54 57
23 34 31 34 15
24 26 22 42 4 39
25 4 4 6 11
26 12 6 18 18
27 8 7 70 11 7
28 11 16 33 19 5 12
29 72 49 74
30 7 6 63 11 4
31 54 31 36

Individual podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
1  2010–11 26 November 2010 Rukatunturi, Finland1.4 km Sprint C Stage World Cup 2nd
2 11 December 2010 Davos, Switzerland 15 km Individual CWorld Cup 1st
3 2011–1227 November 2011 Rukatunturi, Finland 15 km Pursuit CStage World Cup 1st
417 December 2011 Rogla, Slovenia 15 km Mass Start C World Cup 3rd
5  2012–13 24 November 2012 Gällivare, Sweden15 km Individual F World Cup 2nd
630 November
– 2 December 2012
Overall Standings World Cup 3rd
7 4 January 2013 Toblach, Italy 5 km Individual CStage World Cup 1st
8 5 January 2013 Val di Fiemme, Italy 15 km Mass Start CStage World Cup 1st
9 19 January 2013 La Clusaz, France 15 km Mass Start CWorld Cup 1st
10 16 February 2013 Davos, Switzerland 1.5 km Sprint CWorld Cup 1st
1110 March 2013 Lahti, Finland 15 km Individual C World Cup 2nd
1213 March 2013 Drammen, Norway 1.3 km Sprint C World Cup 2nd
13  2013–14 7 December 2013 Lillehammer, Norway 15 km Individual C World Cup 2nd
1421 December 2013 Asiago, Italy 1.65 km Sprint C World Cup 2nd
15 1 January 2014 Lenzerheide, Switzerland 15 km Mass Start CStage World Cup 1st
1619 January 2014 Szklarska Poręba, Poland 15 km Mass Start C World Cup 3rd
17  2014–15 7 December 2014 Lillehammer, Norway 15 km Pursuit C Stage World Cup 2nd
18 7 January 2015 Toblach, Italy 10 km Individual CStage World Cup 1st
1910 January 2015 Val di Fiemme, Italy 15 km Mass Start C Stage World Cup 2nd
208 March 2015 Lahti, Finland 15 km Individual C World Cup 2nd
21  2015–16 5 January 2016 Oberstdorf, Germany 1.2 km Sprint C Stage World Cup 3rd
22 6 January 2016 15 km Mass Start CStage World Cup 1st
239 January 2016 Val di Fiemme, Italy 15 km Mass Start C Stage World Cup 3rd
24  2017–18 17 December 2017 Toblach, Italy 15 km Pursuit C World Cup 3rd
2531 December 2017 Lenzerheide, Switzerland 15 km Individual C Stage World Cup 2nd
26 6 January 2018 Val di Fiemme, Italy 15 km Mass Start CStage World Cup 1st
27 21 January 2018 Planica, Slovenia 15 km Individual CWorld Cup 1st

Team podiums

Other career highlights

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)

    See also

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Nine arrests after raids in connection with the World Ski Championships. Sportschau . February 27, 2019. February 28, 2019.
    2. Web site: Nordic skiing: Blood doping scandal rocks sport as five athletes arrested. BBC . 2 March 2019. 5 March 2019.
    3. Web site: Cross Country Skiing at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Men's Sprint. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418043649/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2010/CCS/mens-sprint.html . dead . April 18, 2020 . Sports-Reference.com . February 17, 2010. December 8, 2013.
    4. Web site: Cross Country Skiing at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games: Men's Team Sprint. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418043643/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2010/CCS/mens-team-sprint.html . dead . April 18, 2020 . Sports-Reference.com . February 17, 2010. December 8, 2013.
    5. Web site: Kazakhstan skiers Alexey Poltoranin, Nikolay Chebotko win bronze at World Championship. Inform.kz . February 25, 2013. December 8, 2013.
    6. Web site: Alex Matthews. Olsson Skis Race of His Life for World Championships 50 k Gold. FasterSkier.com . March 3, 2013. December 8, 2013.
    7. Web site: Bjoergen and Poltaranin are the winners in Davos . DavosNordic.ch . December 11, 2010 . December 8, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131212204311/http://www.davosnordic.ch/en/event/program/news/news.html?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Bpointer%5D=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=982&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=1792&cHash=e36bd2c01bd78ce65227aafe9ae51140 . December 12, 2013 .
    8. Web site: Audrey Mangan. Northug Emerges Victor in Close Rogla Finish. FasterSkier.com . December 17, 2011. December 8, 2013.
    9. Web site: Audrey Mangan. Kazakhstan skier Alexey Poltoranin becomes the second in the cross-country World Cup races. BNews.kz . November 25, 2012. December 8, 2013.
    10. Web site: Northug Stymies Russian Charge, Chase Pack to Win Kuusamo Pursuit. FasterSkier.com . December 2, 2012. December 8, 2013.
    11. Web site: Audrey Mangan. Bjoergen and Sundby win first world cup races in Gällivare. . November 11, 2012. December 8, 2013.
    12. Web site: Poltoranin wins maiden Tour de Ski stage. . January 4, 2013. December 8, 2013.
    13. Web site: 2013 FIS Tour de Ski: Stage 6: Poltoranin wins . . January 8, 2013 . December 8, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131212111400/http://universalsports.com/video/2013-fis-tour-de-ski-stage-6-poltoranin-wins/ . December 12, 2013 .
    14. Web site: Canadians finish well back in men's 15K classical-style race. . January 19, 2013. December 8, 2013.
    15. Web site: Kowalczyk and Poltoranin cruise to Davos sprint wins. . February 16, 2013. December 8, 2013.
    16. Web site: Matti Rowe. Poltoranin Claims First Classic Sprint Victory in Davos. FasterSkier.com . February 16, 2013. December 8, 2013.
    17. Web site: Petter Northug, Justyna Kowalczyk win cross-country World Cup races in Finland. . March 10, 2013. December 8, 2013.
    18. Web site: Northug Nips Poltoranin in Drammen Classic Sprint. FasterSkier.com . March 13, 2013. December 8, 2013.
    19. Web site: 2012–13 FIS Cross-Country World Cup standing results. . December 8, 2013.
    20. Web site: POLTORANIN Alexey . . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . 8 February 2018.