Valentyna Shevchenko (cross-country skier)

Valentyna Shevchenko
Full name	Valentyna Shevchenko
Born	2 October 1975 Nosivka Raion, Ukrainian SSR
World Cup career
Seasons	1995–
Individual wins	4
Indiv. podiums	18
Medal record Competitor for  Ukraine Women's cross country skiing World Championships 2009 Liberec 30 km
Updated on February 23, 2013.

Valentyna Shevchenko (Ukrainian: Валентина Шевченко) (born 2 October 1975 in Nosivka Raion) is a Ukrainian cross country skier who has been competing in the World Cup since the 1995–96 season.

Career

She won the bronze medal in the 30 km event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec.^[1]

Competing in four Winter Olympics, Shevchenko earned her best finish finished fifth in the 30 km at Salt Lake City in 2002.

She won the 30 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 2008, as well as La Sgambeda on 19 December 2010 in Livigno, Italy.

Shevchenko carried the Ukrainian flag at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics.^[2]

Performances

Level	Year	Event	SP	IS	PU	MS	TS	R
NJWSC	1994	Breitenwang, Austria		19		45
NWSC	1995	Thunder Bay, Canada	63		54
NWSC	1997	Trondheim, Norway	38	31	26	15
OLY	1998	Nagano, Japan	19	11	20	14
NWSC	1999	Ramsau, Austria	6	12	15	11
OLY	2002	Salt Lake City, USA	12	21	20	5
NWSC	2003	Val di Fiemme, Italy	6	20	9	7
NWSC	2005	Oberstdorf, Germany		14	14	DNF
OLY	2006	Turin, Italy		21	14	7		8
NWSC	2007	Sapporo, Japan		8	14	12	12
NWSC	2009	Liberec, Czech Republic		5	5	3		11
OLY	2010	Vancouver, Canada		9	14	DNF		13
NWSC	2011	Oslo, Norway		16	17	14		12
NWSC	2013	Val di Fiemme, Italy		22	21	12		10
NWSC	2015	Falun, Sweden			28	33		11

World Cup

Podiums

Season	Place	Competition	Placement
2003–04	Beitostoelen, Norway	10 km F	2
2003–04	Kuusamo, Finland	10 km C	1
2003–04	Toblach, Italy	15 km F Mst	2
2003–04	Davos, Switzerland	10 km C	1
2003–04	Ramsau, Austria	10 km F	3
2003–04	Ramsau, Austria	2x7.5 km M Pursuit	2
2003–04	Val di Fiemme, Italy	70 km C Mst	2
2003–04	Oslo, Norway	30 km F	3
2004–05	Oslo, Norway	30 km F	3
2005–06	Nové Město, Czech Republic	10 km F	3
2006–07	Oberstdorf, Germany	5 km C & 5 km F Pursuit	2 *
2006–07	Val di Fiemme, Italy	10 km F Final Climb	3 *
2006–07	Munich, Germany Oberstdorf, Germany Asiago, Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy	2007 Tour de Ski	3 *
2006–07	Otepää, Estonia	10 km C	3
2007–08	Val di Fiemme, Italy	9 km F Handicap Start	1 *
2007–08	Canmore, Canada	10 km F	1
2007–08	Lahti, Finland	10 km C	2
2007–08	Oslo, Norway	30 km F	1
2008–09	Val di Fiemme, Italy	10 km F Handicap Start	3 *

(*) – Tour de Ski

Positions

Season	DI	SP	LD*	MD*	TOTAL
1995–96					66
1996–97			25		41
1997–98		37	16		27
1998–99		36	14		18
1999–2000		64	12	16	17
2001–02					19
2002–03		55			13
2003–04	1				3
2004–05	12				19
2005–06	8				14
2006–07	9	71			7
2007–08	2	38			6
2008–09	10	85			15
2009–10	16	69			24
2010–11	16				19
2011–12	21				30
2012–13	22				28
2013–14	36				45

(*) – to 2000

References

1. "2009 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec are history". March 5, 2009. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
2. Photo#467590469, Getty Images (7 February 2014)

• Valentyna Shevchenko at the International Ski Federation