Vida Vencienė Explained

Vida Vencienė
Birth Date:28 May 1961
Birth Place:Ukmergė, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Seasons:19861989, 19921994
Wins:1
Totalpodiums:3
Individual Starts:32
Team Starts:0
Wcoveralls:0 – (5th in 1988)
Show-Medals:yes

Vida Vencienė (maiden name Vida Mogenytė; born 28 May 1961 in Ukmergė) is a former cross-country skier who represented the Soviet Union and later Lithuania from 1988 to 1994. She won a gold medal over 10 km and a bronze over 5 km at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary for the Soviet Union.

Her best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was seventh in the 30 km event in 1989. She also finished second in a 10 km event in a World Cup event in Leningrad in 1988.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]

Olympic Games

 Year   Age   5 km  10 km 15 km Pursuit  20 km 30 km 4 × 5 km 
 relay 
26
30
32

World Championships

 Year   Age   5 km 10 km
 classical 
 10 km
 freestyle 
 15 km Pursuit 20 km 30 km Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
25 13
27 107
31 20 24 28 28

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age  Overall
24 19
25 39
26 5
27 14
30 27
31 45
32 48

Individual podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
1  1987–88 9 January 1988 Leningrad, Soviet Union 10 km Individual C World Cup 2nd
2 14 February 1988 Calgary, Canada 10 km Individual C Olympic Games 1st
317 February 1988 5 km Individual C Olympic Games 3rd
Note: Until the 1994 Olympics, Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: VENZENE Vida . . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . 23 December 2019.