Vita Yakymchuk Explained

Vita Yakymchuk
Birth Date:7 April 1980
Birth Place:Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Seasons:11 – (19992002, 20042007, 20092011
Totalpodiums:0
Teampodiums:0
Individual Starts:60
Team Starts:9
Wcoveralls:0 – (70th in 2005)
Wctitles:0

Vita Mykolayivna Yakymchuk (Ukrainian: Віта Миколаївна Якимчук; born April 7 1980) is a Ukrainian cross-country skier who has competed since 1998. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of eighth in the  4 × 5 km relay at Turin in 2006 and had her best individual finish of 22nd in the 30 km event at those same games.

Yakymchuk's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 12th twice in the  4 × 5 km relay (2007, 2009) while her best individual finish was 25th in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit event at Oberstdorf in 2005.

Her best World Cup finish was eighth in the  4 × 5 km relay at Finland in 2001 while her best individual finish was 13th in a 15 km event at Austria in 2004.

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

 Year  Age  10 km  15 km  Pursuit  30 km  Sprint  4 × 5 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
21
25
29

World Championships

 Year   Age   10 km  15 km  Pursuit  30 km  Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
20 59 35
22 483633
24 40 25 13
26 12
28
201130 - - 60 - 15

a. Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

World Cup

Season standings

 Season  Age Discipline standingsSki Tour standings
OverallDistanceLong DistanceMiddle DistanceSprintNordic
Opening
Tour de
Ski
World Cup
Final
18
19
20 109
21
23
24 70 46
25 106 74
26
28
29 39
30

Notes and References

  1. Web site: JAKIMCHUK Vita . . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . 12 February 2023.