Yuliya Chekalyova Explained

Yuliya Chekalyova
Birth Date:6 February 1984
Birth Place:Vologda, Soviet Union
Seasons:10 – (20062011, 20132015, 2017)
Wins:0
Teamwins:0
Totalpodiums:4
Teampodiums:2
Individual Starts:123
Team Starts:10
Wcoveralls:0 – (11th in 2017)
Wctitles:0
Show-Medals:yes

Yuliya Vladimirovna Chekalyova (Russian: Юлия Владимировна Чекалёва, also romanized Yulia Tchekaleva, born 6 February 1984) is a Russian cross-country skier who competed between 2005 and 2018.

Career

Her best World Cup finish was 11th in a 15 km event in Russia in 2007.

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo, she finished 16th in the 10 km and 22nd in the 30 km events.

Chekalyova is married to Alexey Kuritsyn, with whom she has a son, Matvey, born in 2012.

On 1 December 2017 she was disqualified from the 2014 Winter Olympics, her results (including sixth place in the relay) were annulled, and she was banned for life from the Olympic games as a result of a positive doping test.[1]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]

World Championships

YearAge10 km
individual
15 km
skiathlon
30 km
mass start
Sprint4 × 5 km
relay
Team
sprint
20072316 - 22 - - -
201127121226 - 6 -
201329Bronze713 - Bronze -
2015312816 - - 7 -
20173318710 - 5 -

World Cup

Season standings
SeasonAgeDiscipline standingsSki Tour standings
OverallDistanceSprintNordic
Opening
Tour de
Ski
World Cup
Final
2006229468 -
200723554027
2008244831622831
2009257244 - - -
20102627207812 -
201127161453520
201329129721410
20143015107 - 7
20153118911 -
201733111061023

Individual podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
12012–13 Rukatunturi, Finland5 km Individual FStage World Cup3rd
2 Sochi Russia7.5 km + 7.5 km Skiathlon C/FWorld Cup2nd
3 Oslo, Norway30 km Mass Start FWorld Cup3rd
42013–14 Szklarska Poręba, Poland10 km Mass Start CWorld Cup2nd

Team podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammates
12007–08 Davos, Switzerland4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdKurkina / Rocheva / Korostelyova
22010–11 Rybinsk, Russia4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndNovikova / Nikolaeva / Mikhaylova

Notes and References

  1. https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/IOC/Who-We-Are/Commissions/Disciplinary-Commission/2017/SML-033-Disciplinary-Commission-Decision-Operative-Part-Yulia-CHEKALEVA.pdf Full decision regarding Yulia Chekaleva
  2. Web site: TCHEKALEVA Yulia . . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . 23 December 2019.