Alexey Poltoranin

Alexey Yurevich Poltoranin (Kazakh: Алексей Юрьевич Полтаранин, born April 29, 1987) is a Kazakh cross-country skier who has competed at the international senior level since 2004. He has three World Cup wins, one in 2010 and two in 2013. In the 2013 World Championship in Val di Fiemme he won two bronze medals. Most of his best results are in the classic technique.

Alexey Poltoranin
Poltoranin at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Country Kazakhstan
Born (1987-04-29) April 29, 1987
Ridder, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
World Cup career
Seasons14 – (2005, 20072019)
Starts184
Podiums27
Wins11
Overall titles0 – (4th in 2013)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Kazakhstan
World Championships
2013 Val di FlemmeTeam sprint
2013 Val di Flemme50 km classical
U23 World Championships
2008 Mals15 km classical
2009 Praz de Lys-Sommand15 km freestyle
Junior World Championships
2004 Stryn4 × 10 km relay
2007 Tarvisio10 km freestyle
Asian Winter Games
2011 Astana-AlmatyIndividual sprint
2011 Astana-AlmatyTeam sprint
2011 Astana-Almaty30 km pursuit
2011 Astana-Almaty4 × 10 km relay
2007 ChangchunIndividual sprint
2011 Astana-Almaty10 km classical
Updated on 20 November 2021.

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2019 Poltoranin was one of five athletes caught doping by Bundeskriminalamt in a police raid in Seefeld, Austria. He was arrested before the start of the 15 kilometre classical race. He admitted to using blood doping.

His wife is biathlete Olga Poltoranina.

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