Valentyna Shevchenko | |||||||||||||
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Full name | Valentyna Shevchenko | ||||||||||||
Born |
Nosivka Raion, Ukrainian SSR |
2 October 1975 ||||||||||||
World Cup career | |||||||||||||
Seasons | 1995– | ||||||||||||
Individual wins | 4 | ||||||||||||
Indiv. podiums | 18 | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
She won the bronze medal in the 30 km event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec.
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.
(*) – Tour de Ski
(*) – to 2000