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
Seasons1982–1988
Team wins1
Indiv. podiums0
Team podiums4
Indiv. starts23
Team starts5
Overall titles0 – (13th in 1983)
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1984 Sarajevo 4 × 10 km relay
World Championships
1982 Oslo 4 × 10 km relay
1987 Oberstdorf 4 × 10 km relay

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 
19842410—16Silver
19882815———

World Championships
  • 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver)
 Year   Age   15 km  30 km  50 km  4 × 10 km 
 relay 
1982225—4Gold
1985251314116
1987278——Silver

World Cup

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.

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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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