Alexey Yurevich Poltoranin (, born 29 April 1987) is a Kazakh cross-country skier who has competed at the international senior level since 2004. He has three

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wins, one in 2010 and two in 2013. In the 2013 World Championship in Val di Fiemme he won two bronze medals. Most of his best results are in the classic technique. At the

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Poltoranin was one of five athletes caught doping by Bundeskriminalamt in a police raid in Seefeld,

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. He was arrested before the start of the 15 kilometre classical race. He admitted to using blood doping. His wife is biathlete

Olga Poltoranina Olga Poltoranina (née Dudchenko; born 27 February 1987) is a Kazakhstani biathlete. She competed in the 2010/11 and 2011/12 World Cup seasons, and represented Kazakhstan at the Biathlon World Championships 2015 in Kontiolahti. Her husband is cr ...

Athletic career

World Championships and Olympics

Poltoranin competed at the

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, the World Ski Championships in

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and

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. Poltoranin finished fifth in both the

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at the

in Vancouver. In the 2013 World Championship in Val di Fiemme, Poltoranin won two bronze medals. On the first day, Poltoranin competed in the classic sprint where he qualified to the semifinals, but he broke his ski poles at the start. On the next day, Alexey Poltoranin and Nikolay Chebotko won bronze at the men's team sprint. On the last day of the championship, he took bronze in the men's 50 km classic and finished after Johan Olsson and Dario Cologna. His other World Championship results include sixth in the team sprint in 2011 and seventh places at the 4×10 km relay in 2007 and the team sprint in 2009.

World Cup

The 2004/05 season was Alexey Poltoranin's first in the

. First World Cup stage, where he competed, was 4 × 10 km relay in

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in 2004, however he competed only in two races this season. Poltoranin claimed his first

victory at the 15 kilometer classic race at Davos in 2010 and took that victory ahead of

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. For

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, the victory of Poltoranin was the first win since March 1998 when Vladimir Smirnov won the 30 km in

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. In the 2011–12 season, he made only one victory, when he won Nordic Opening's 15 km classical handicap in

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. On 17 December 2011 he placed third at 15 kilometer classic in

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. The 2013–14 season was more successful for Poltoranin, than previous years. He began his world cup run on 11 November 2012 in Gällivare, where he reached his first season podium, finishing second in 15 km freestyle race. On 2 December 2012 he took third at Nordic Opening's 15 km classical handicap start in

crossing the line 3.4 seconds behind Petter Northug. He finished Nordic Opening 3rd overall. Poltoranin won his first ever Tour de Ski stage in the 5 km classic individual in

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finished second to maintain his overall lead. He also won stage 6 in

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and finished 11th overall in general classification. On 19 January 2013 Poltoranin won the men's 15-kilometre classical-style mass start race in a sprint finish, clocking 37 minutes, 11.6 seconds to beat Russia's Alexander Bessmertnykh by .01 seconds. On 6 February 2013 he won the 1.5 k classic sprint in Davos. In the final run in Poltoranin coasted in comfortably with a time of 3:25.7, while Cologna narrowly out-sprinted Pellegrino for a second-place finish to please the home crowd. This was Poltoranin's first sprint victory on the World Cup. He placed second in last two stages of the season in

and

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, where in both races was defeated by

. Poltoranin finished 2012–13 World Cup season 4th overall with 995 points.

Cross-country skiing results

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

Olympic Games

World Championships

* 2 medals – (2 bronze)

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

*11 victories – (4 , 7 ) *27 podiums – (14 , 13 )

Team podiums

* 1 podium – (1 )

Other career highlights

;Asian Winter Games :2007 –

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2nd, freestyle sprint :2011 –

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1st, classical sprint :2011 –

1st, team freestyle sprint (with Chebotko) :2011 –

3rd, 10 km classical individual :2011 –

1st, 30 km classical mass start :2011 –

1st, 4 × 10 km relay (with Cherepanov / Chebotko / Velichko)

References

External links

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Athletic career

World Championships and Olympics

World Cup

Cross-country skiing results

Olympic Games

World Championships

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

Team podiums

Other career highlights

See also

References

External links