Oleksandr Batyuk

Oleksandr Batyuk
Oleksandr Batyuk
Country	Ukraine
Born	14 January 1960 (age 64); Chernihiv, Soviet Union
World Cup career
Seasons	1982–1988
Starts	23
Podiums	0
Overall titles	0 – (13th in 1983)
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing Soviet Union
Olympic Games
World Championships

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.^[1]

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.^{[citation needed]}

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
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	Oslo, Norway	4 × 10 km Relay	World Championships^[1]	1st	Nikitin / Burlakov / Zavyalov
2	1983–84	16 February 1984	Sarajevo, Yugoslavia	4 × 10 km Relay	Olympic Games^[1]	2nd	Zavyalov / Nikitin / Zimyatov
3	1986–87	17 February 1987	Oberstdorf, West Germany	4 × 10 km Relay F	World Championships^[1]	2nd	Smirnov / Devyatyarov / Sakhnov
4	1986–87	8 March 1987	Falun, Sweden	4 × 10 km Relay C	World Cup	2nd	Sakhnov / 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

^ "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
^ "Athlete : BATYUK Alexander". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 1 April 2018.

External links

Alexander BATJUK at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
Aleksandr BATIUK at Olympics.com
Oleksandr Batiuk at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

[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

[FISprofile-2] "Athlete : BATYUK Alexander". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 1 April 2018.

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