Alexey poltoranin biography

He has three World Cup wins, one in and two in In the World Championship in Val di Fiemme he won two bronze medals. Most of his best results are in the classic technique. He admitted to using blood doping.

Alexey Yurevich Poltoranin is a Kazakh cross-country skier who has competed at the international senior level since He has three World Cup wins.

His wife is biathlete Olga Poltoranina. Poltoranin competed at the and Winter Olympics , the World Ski Championships in , , and Poltoranin finished fifth in both the individual and team sprint at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver. 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.

Alexey POLTORANIN KAZ Kazakhstan FIS Code Birthdate Status Not active Results FIS Points Cups Podiums Results.

For Kazakhstan , the victory of Poltoranin was the first win since March when Vladimir Smirnov won the 30 km in Lahti. On 17 December he placed third at 15 kilometer classic in Rogla. The —14 season was more successful for Poltoranin, than previous years. In the final run in Poltoranin coasted in comfortably with a time of This was Poltoranin's first sprint victory on the World Cup.

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