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Soviet cross-country skier
Oleksandr Batyuk
Country Ukraine
Born (1960-01-14) 14 January 1960 (age 64)
Chernihiv, Soviet Union
World Cup career
Seasons19821988
Indiv. starts23
Indiv. podiums0
Team starts5
Team podiums4
Team wins1
Overall titles0 – (13th in 1983)
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1984 Sarajevo 4 × 10 km relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1982 Oslo 4 × 10 km relay
Silver medal – second place 1987 Oberstdorf 4 × 10 km relay

Oleksandr Mykhailovych Batyuk (Ukrainian: Олекса́ндр Миха́йлович Батю́к; born 14 January 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.

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).

Olympic Games

  • 1 medal – (1 silver)
 Year   Age   15 km  30 km  50 km  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1984 24 10 16 Silver
1988 28 15

World Championships

  • 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver)
 Year   Age   15 km  30 km  50 km  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1982 22 5 4 Gold
1985 25 13 14 11 6
1987 27 8 Silver

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age  Overall
1982 22 25
1983 23 13
1984 24 26
1985 25 15
1986 26 37
1987 27 14
1988 28 36

Team podiums

  • 1 victory
  • 4 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
1 1981–82 25 February 1982 Norway Oslo, Norway 4 × 10 km Relay World Championships 1st Nikitin / Burlakov / Zavyalov
2  1983–84  16 February 1984 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Sarajevo, Yugoslavia 4 × 10 km Relay Olympic Games 2nd Zavyalov / Nikitin / Zimyatov
3 1986–87 17 February 1987 West Germany Oberstdorf, West Germany 4 × 10 km Relay F World Championships 2nd Smirnov / Devyatyarov / Sakhnov
4 8 March 1987 Sweden Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C World Cup 2nd Sakhnov / Uschkalenko / Prokurorov

Note: 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.{{cite web}}: 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.

External links

World champions in men's 4 × 10 km cross-country relay
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