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Ivan Yakimushkin

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Ivan Yakimushkin
Yakimushkin in 2019
Country Russia
Full nameIvan Andreyevich
Yakimushkin
Born (1996-06-17) 17 June 1996 (age 28)
Murom, Vladimir Oblast, Russia
World Cup career
Seasons6 – (20172022)
Starts70
Podiums5
Wins0
Overall titles0 – (2nd in 2021)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
International nordic ski competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 0
World Championships 0 1 0
Total 0 2 0
Representing  ROC
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Beijing 50 km freestyle
Representing  Russian Ski Federation
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Oberstdorf 4 × 10 km relay
Representing  Russia
U23 World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lahti 30 km classical
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Lahti 15 km freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Goms 15 km classical
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Almaty 4 × 5 km relay
Gold medal – first place 2016 Râșnov 15 km freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2015 Almaty 20 km skiathlon
Silver medal – second place 2016 Râșnov 4 × 5 km relay
Winter Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2019 Krasnoyarsk 10 km freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2019 Krasnoyarsk 10 km classical
Gold medal – first place 2019 Krasnoyarsk 4 × 7.5 km relay
Updated on 23 March 2023.

Ivan Andreyevich Yakimushkin (Russian: Иван Андреевич Якимушкин; born 17 June 1996) is a Russian cross-country skier.

Career

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Ivan Yakimushkin was born 17 June 1996 to a sportive family. He started cross-country skiing from the age of eight, his first coach was Galina Kabanova. His father Andrey Vladimirovich replaced her when Ivan was 12. Yakimushkin first trained in Murom, then in Tyumen.

At the 2015 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in Almaty, Yakimushkin won silver in 10 km classical/freestyle skiathlon and gold as part of the relay team. A year later he won another gold medal, now in 15 km freestyle. His relay team finished second.

He debuted in the 2017–18 FIS World Cup season, in the sprint freestyle Stage World Cup in Lenzerheide, being part of the 2017–18 Tour de Ski. In the overall standings he was placed 21.

Yakimushkin won his first national championships title in Syktyvkar, in 15 km freestyle.[1]

At the 2019 Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk, Yakimushkin won two gold medals, in 10 km classical and 10 km freestyle pursuit.

Yakimushkin has made a major breakthrough in 2020-2021. After scoring three individual podiums and showing solid performance in the Tour de Ski (4th place) he finished second in both overall and distance standings of the World Cup only behind his teammate Alexander Bolshunov.

In an interview to the Russian Olympic Channel in February 2021 Yakimushkin said he has no special pre-race rituals or habits, underlined key role of his family in his athletic upbringing and career, and named Alexey Prokurorov as the only sportsperson he could call a kind of a childhood idol.[2]

Yakimushkin is a student in the Oil Faculty at the Tyumen Industrial University.

Cross-country skiing results

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All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[3]

Olympic Games

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  • 1 medal (1 silver)
 Year   Age   15 km 
 individual 
 30 km 
 skiathlon 
 50 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
2022 25 13 Silver[a]

a Distance reduced to 30 km due to weather conditions.

World Championships

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  • 1 medal – (1 silver)
 Year   Age   15 km 
 individual 
 30 km 
 skiathlon 
 50 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
2021 24 11 8 Silver

World Cup

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Season standings

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 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Sprint U23 Nordic
Opening
Tour de
Ski
Ski Tour
2020
World Cup
Final
2018 21 65 58 NC 8 21
2019 22 58 47 NC 9 11
2020 23 17 13 80 18 17 18
2021 24 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 31 13 4
2022[note 1] 25 11 11 50 6

Individual podiums

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  • 5 podiums – (1 WC, 4 SWC)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1 2019–20 31 December 2019 Italy Toblach, Italy 15 km Individual F Stage World Cup 2nd
2 9 February 2020 Sweden Falun, Sweden 15 km Mass Start F World Cup 3rd
3 2020–21 2 January 2021 Switzerland Val Müstair, Switzerland 15 km Mass Start C Stage World Cup 3rd
4 5 January 2021 Italy Toblach, Italy 15 km Individual F Stage World Cup 3rd
5 6 January 2021 15 km Pursuit C Stage World Cup 2nd

Team podiums

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  • 1 victory – (1 RL)
  • 2 podiums – (2 RL)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate
1 2019–20 8 December 2019 Norway Lillehammer, Norway 4 × 7.5 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Belov / Poroshkin / Ustiugov
2 2020–21 24 January 2021 Finland Lahti, Finland 4 × 7.5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Semikov / Melnichenko / Ustiugov

Notes

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  1. ^ On 1 March 2022, following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIS decided to not allow athletes from Russian and Belarus to take part in FIS competitions, with an immediate effect.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Якимушкин Иван Андреевич" (in Russian). Team Russia. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  2. ^ Иван Якимушкин: «Лыжи перед гонкой не целую»
  3. ^ "Ivan Yakimushkin". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Russian and Belarusian Athletes not to take part in FIS Competitions". FIS. 1 March 2022. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
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