Vita Mykolayivna Yakymchuk (Ukrainian: Віта Миколаївна Якимчук; born April 7 1980) is a Ukrainian cross-country skier who has competed since 1998. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of eighth in the 4 × 5 km relay at Turin in 2006 and had her best individual finish of 22nd in the 30 km event at those same games.
| Vita Yakymchuk | ||||||||||||||||||
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 Yakymchuk in 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 April 1980 Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||
| World Cup career | ||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 11 – (1999–2002, 2004–2007, 2009–2011 | |||||||||||||||||
| Starts | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (70th in 2005) | |||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yakymchuk's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 12th twice in the 4 × 5 km relay (2007, 2009) while her best individual finish was 25th in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit event at Oberstdorf in 2005.
Her best World Cup finish was eighth in the 4 × 5 km relay at Finland in 2001 while her best individual finish was 13th in a 15 km event at Austria in 2004.
Cross-country skiing results
editAll results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]
Olympic Games
edit| Year | Age | 10 km | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | Sprint | 4 × 5 km relay |
Team sprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 21 | — | 44 | — | — | 41 | — | — |
| 2006 | 25 | — | — | 26 | 22 | 36 | 8 | — |
| 2010 | 29 | — | — | 45 | — | — | — | — |
World Championships
edit| Year | Age | 10 km | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | Sprint | 4 × 5 km relay |
Team sprint |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 20 | 59 | — | — | CNX[a] | 35 | — | — |
| 2003 | 22 | — | — | 48 | 36 | 33 | — | — |
| 2005 | 24 | 40 | — | 25 | — | — | DSQ | 13 |
| 2007 | 26 | — | — | DNS | — | — | — | 12 |
| 2009 | 28 | 36 | — | 37 | 33 | 31 | 11 | — |
| 2011 | 30 | — | — | — | DNF | 60 | — | 15 |
- a. 1 Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.
World Cup
editSeason standings
edit| Season | Age | Discipline standings | Ski Tour standings | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | Distance | Long Distance | Middle Distance | Sprint | Nordic Opening |
Tour de Ski |
World Cup Final | ||
| 1999 | 18 | NC | — | NC | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2000 | 19 | NC | — | NC | NC | NC | — | — | — |
| 2001 | 20 | 109 | — | — | — | NC | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 21 | NC | — | — | — | NC | — | — | — |
| 2004 | 23 | NC | NC | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2005 | 24 | 70 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2006 | 25 | 106 | 74 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2007 | 26 | NC | NC | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2009 | 28 | NC | NC | — | — | NC | — | — | — |
| 2010 | 29 | NC | NC | — | — | NC | — | 39 | — |
| 2011 | 30 | NC | NC | — | — | — | — | — | — |
References
edit- ^ "JAKIMCHUK Vita". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
External links
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