Oleksandr Batyuk

Oleksandr Mykhailovych Batyuk (Russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Батю́к; born January 14, 1960) is a former Soviet cross-country skier who competed in the 1980s, training at Dynamo in Chernihiv. He won a silver in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. He is a member of the Ski Federation of Ukraine and the only Olympian of the federation who received medal at Olympics.[1]

Oleksandr Batyuk
Country Ukraine
Born (1960-01-04) January 4, 1960
Chernihiv, Soviet Union
World Cup career
Seasons19821988
Team wins1
Indiv. podiums0
Team podiums4
Indiv. starts23
Team starts5
Overall titles0 – (13th in 1983)

Batyuk also won two medals in the 4 × 10 km relay at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in 1982 (tied with Norway) and a silver in 1987.

His best individual finish was sixth twice in the World Cup (1984, 1986).

He was born in Chernihiv, Soviet Union.

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

  • 1 medal – (1 silver)
 Year   Age   15 km  30 km  50 km  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1984241016Silver
19882815

World Championships

  • 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver)
 Year   Age   15 km  30 km  50 km  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
19822254Gold
1985251314116
1987278Silver

Season standings

 Season   Age  Overall
19822225
19832313
19842426
19852515
19862637
19872714
19882836

Team podiums

  • 1 victory
  • 4 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
11981–8225 February 1982 Oslo, Norway4 × 10 km RelayWorld Championships[1]1stNikitin / Burlakov / Zavyalov
2 1983–84 16 February 1984 Sarajevo, Yugoslavia4 × 10 km RelayOlympic Games[1]2ndZavyalov / Nikitin / Zimyatov
31986–8717 February 1987 Oberstdorf, West Germany4 × 10 km Relay FWorld Championships[1]2ndSmirnov / Devyatyarov / Sakhnov
48 March 1987 Falun, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay CWorld Cup2ndSakhnov / Uschkalenko / Prokurorov

Note: 1 Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Winter Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

  1. "About the Ski Federation of Ukraine". Archived from the original on 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2018-02-12.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link). Ski Federation of Ukraine
  2. "Athlete : BATYUK Alexander". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
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