Vida Vencienė

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.

Vida Vencienė
Country Lithuania
Born (1961-05-28) May 28, 1961
Ukmergė, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
World Cup career
Seasons19861989, 19921994
Individual wins1
Indiv. podiums3
Indiv. starts32
Team starts0
Overall titles0 – (5th in 1988)

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

  • 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 bronze)
 Year   Age   5 km   10 km  15 km  Pursuit   20 km  30 km  4 × 5 km 
 relay 
198826BronzeGoldN/AN/AN/A
19923019N/A1128N/A16
199432DNFN/A32N/A25

World Championships

 Year   Age   5 km  10 km
 classical 
 10 km
 freestyle 
 15 km  Pursuit  20 km  30 km  Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
19872513N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
198927N/A10N/AN/A7N/A
19933120N/AN/A2428N/A28N/A

Season standings

 Season   Age  Overall
19862419
19872539
1988265
19892714
19923027
19933145
19943248

Individual podiums

  • 1 victory
  • 3 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1 1987–88 9 January 1988 Leningrad, Soviet Union10 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
214 February 1988 Calgary, Canada10 km Individual COlympic Games[1]1st
317 February 1988 Calgary, Canada5 km Individual COlympic Games[1]3rd

Note: 1 Until the 1994 Olympics, Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

  1. "VENZENE Vida". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
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