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Oleksandr Batyuk

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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.[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

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All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]

Olympic Games

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  • 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

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  • 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

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Season standings

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 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

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

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  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.
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