Vida Vencienė
| Vida Vencienė | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Lithuania | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 28, 1961 Ukmergė, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||
| World Cup career | ||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 1986–1989, 1992–1994 | |||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 32 | |||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. wins | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Team starts | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (5th in 1988) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Vida Vencienė (maiden name Vida Mogenytė; born 28 May 1961 in Ukmergė) is a former cross-country skier who represented the Soviet Union and later Lithuania from 1988 to 1994. She won a gold medal over 10 km and a bronze over 5 km at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary for the Soviet Union.
Her best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was seventh in the 30 km event in 1989. She also finished second in a 10 km event in a World Cup event in Leningrad in 1988.
Cross-country skiing results
[edit]All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]
Olympic Games
[edit]- 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 bronze)
| Year | Age | 5 km | 10 km | 15 km | Pursuit | 20 km | 30 km | 4 × 5 km relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 26 | Bronze | Gold | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1992 | 30 | 19 | — | 11 | 28 | — | 16 | — |
| 1994 | 32 | DNF | — | 32 | — | — | 25 | — |
World Championships
[edit]| Year | Age | 5 km | 10 km classical |
10 km freestyle |
15 km | Pursuit | 20 km | 30 km | Sprint | 4 × 5 km relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 25 | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1989 | 27 | — | 10 | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | — |
| 1993 | 31 | 20 | — | — | 24 | 28 | — | 28 | — | — |
World Cup
[edit]Season standings
[edit]| Season | Age | Overall |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 24 | 19 |
| 1987 | 25 | 39 |
| 1988 | 26 | 5 |
| 1989 | 27 | 14 |
| 1992 | 30 | 27 |
| 1993 | 31 | 45 |
| 1994 | 32 | 48 |
Individual podiums
[edit]- 1 victory
- 3 podiums
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1987–88 | 9 January 1988 |  Leningrad, Soviet Union |
10 km Individual C | World Cup | 2nd |
| 2 | 14 February 1988 |  Calgary, Canada |
10 km Individual C | Olympic Games[1] | 1st | |
| 3 | 17 February 1988 | 5 km Individual C | Olympic Games[1] | 3rd |
Note: 1 Until the 1994 Olympics, Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.
References
[edit]- ^ "VENZENE Vida". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
External links
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- Cross-country skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics
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