Yuliya Chepalova

Yulia Anatolyevna Chepalova (Russian: Ю́лия Анато́льевна Чепа́лова; born 23 December 1976 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russian SFSR) is a former Russian cross-country skier.

Yulia Chepalova
Chepalova in September 2005
Country Russia
Full nameYulia Anatolyevna
Chepalova
Born (1976-12-23) 23 December 1976
Komsomolsk-on-Amur,
Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Ski clubDynamo Moscow
World Cup career
Seasons12 – (1996–2002, 2004–2006, 2008–2009)
Individual wins18
Team wins13
Indiv. podiums33
Team podiums25
Indiv. starts174
Team starts48
Overall titles1 – (2001)
Discipline titles1 – (DI: 2006)
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  Russia
International nordic ski competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 3 2 1
World Championships 2 2 2
Total 5 4 3
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1998 Nagano30 km freestyle
Gold medal – first place2002 Salt Lake CityIndividual sprint
Gold medal – first place2006 Turin4 × 5 km relay
Silver medal – second place2002 Salt Lake City10 km classical
Silver medal – second place2006 Turin30 km freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2002 Salt Lake City15 km freestyle
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2001 Lahti4 × 5 km relay
Gold medal – first place2005 Oberstdorf15 km double pursuit
Silver medal – second place2005 Oberstdorf10 km freestyle
Silver medal – second place2005 Oberstdorf4 × 5 km relay
Bronze medal – third place2001 LahtiIndividual sprint
Bronze medal – third place2005 OberstdorfTeam sprint
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place1993 Harrachov4 × 5 km relay
Gold medal – first place1994 Breitenwang15 km freestyle
Gold medal – first place1995 Gällivare15 km freestyle
Gold medal – first place1995 Gällivare4 × 5 km relay
Gold medal – first place1996 Asiago15 km freestyle
Gold medal – first place1996 Asiago4 × 5 km relay
Silver medal – second place1993 Harrachov15 km freestyle
Bronze medal – third place1996 Asiago5 km classical
European Youth Olympic Festival
Gold medal – first place1993 Aosta7.5 km freestyle
Silver medal – second place1993 Aosta5 km classical

Early and current personal life

Daughter of a cross-country skiing coach, Chepalova started to ski as soon as she began to walk. Coached by her father, Anatoly Chepalov, Yulia made her debut in 1986 and continued to move upward through the old Soviet system (and later Russian, following the collapse of the Soviet Union in late 1991). Chepalov, a coach of the Russian junior national team, reportedly sold off all of his assets to help finance his daughter's career. Chepalova is currently affiliated with Dynamo Moscow, lives in Syktyvkar with her second husband, Vasily Rochev, and her daughter Olesya, and their daughter Vaselina who was born in February 2007; works as a sports instructor, and speaks, besides her native Russian, also some German.

Skiing career

Debuting on the FIS cross-country circuit in the 1995–1996 season, Chepalova has continually ranked in the Top 15 throughout her career (the lone exception is the 2002–2003 season, where she took maternity leave to have her daughter Olesya), finishing #1 overall in 2000–2001 (#3 in 2005–2006 with #1 in the distance category (greater than 5 km)). This includes success at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, with golds in the 4 × 5 km relay (2001) and 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit (2005), silvers in the 4 × 5 km relay and 10 km freestyle (both 2005), and bronzes in the Individual sprint (2001) and Team sprint (2005). Additionally, Chepalova has won the women's 30 km at the Holmenkollen ski festival three times (1999, 2004, and 2006), joining fellow Russian cross-country skier Larisa Lazutina as the only three-time winners of the event. She earned the Holmenkollen medal in 2004.

At the 1998 Winter Olympics, Chepalova won the women's 30 km freestyle event in her Olympic debut, becoming the youngest winner of that event (and in women's cross-country skiing). Four years later at the 2002 Winter Olympics, Chepalova won a complete set of medals with gold in the Individual sprint, silver in the 10 km classical, and bronze in the 15 km freestyle. At the Winter Olympics in Turin, Chepalova would win two more medals with a gold in the 4 × 5 km relay and a silver in the 30 km freestyle mass start.

Chepalova was absent from the cross-country skiing World Cup for the 2006–2007 season to pregnancy.

She tested positive for Erythropoietin (EPO) during an in-competition doping control on 3 January 2009 in Val di Fiemme, Italy. She was banned from competition for two years after this.[1][2][3]

Immediately after the EPO test results went public her father and coach Anatoly Chepalov officially announced her retirement. On 29 November 2009, Chepalova addressed IOC President Jacques Rogge where she came down hard on the World Anti-Doping Agency, accusing the organisation of being biased and unscrupulous in general, of unlawful ruling of her case in particular, and of "severing the career" of many good athletes but all the efforts to restore her good name were of no avail. Following this, in December 2009, Chepalova ostracised Russian Olympic Committee President Leonid Tyagachyov and Ski Federation of Russia President Vladimir Loginov for "their inaction in matters of defending the sportsmen whose guilt is not yet proven".

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[4]

Olympic Games
  • 6 medals – (3 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
 Year   Age   5 km 
 individual 		  10 km 
 individual 		  15 km   Pursuit   30 km   Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
19982113——6Gold———
200225—SilverBronze49Gold  DNS[a]—
 2006 29—26—9Silver27Gold—
a. 1 Larisa Lazutina and Olga Danilova tested positive in the drug test which was taken an hour before the relay race, after their names were submitted for the race. Russia couldn't replace them because according to the rules, replacement must have been done at least two hours before the starting time.

World Championships
  • 6 medals – (2 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)
 Year   Age   10 km 
 individual 		  15 km 
 individual 		  Pursuit   30 km   Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
200124—107CNX[a]BronzeGold—
200528Silver—Gold10—SilverBronze
 2009 32——DSQDSQ— DSQ—
a. 1 Cancelled due to extremely cold weather.

Season titles
  • 2 titles – (1 overall, 1 distance)
Season
Discipline
2001 Overall 
2006 Distance 

Season standings
 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint Tour de
Ski		 World Cup
Final
19961914——————
19972017—13—16——
19982110—8—11——
19992211—7—16——
2000237—12417——
2001241st place, gold medalist(s)———4——
2002255———20——
2004271210——NC——
20052874——62——
2006293rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)——40——
2008318355——NC—54
200932769——NCDSQDSQ

Individual podiums
  • 18 victories
  • 33 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
11997–984 January 1998Russia Kavgolovo, Russia10 km F IndividualWorld Cup1st
211 March 1998Sweden Falun, Sweden5 km F IndividualWorld Cup3rd
31998–99 20 March 1999Norway Oslo, Norway30 km C IndividualWorld Cup1st
41999–200010 December 1999Italy Sappada, Italy10 km F IndividualWorld Cup3rd
52 February 2000Norway Trondheim, Norway30 km F IndividualWorld Cup3rd
626 February 2000Sweden Falun, Sweden10 km F IndividualWorld Cup1st
718 March 2000Italy Bormio, Italy10 km F PursuitWorld Cup1st
82000–018 December 2000Italy Santa Caterina, Italy10 km F Individual World Cup 1st
920 December 2000 Switzerland  Davos, Switzerland15 km C IndividualWorld Cup1st
1029 December 2000 Switzerland  Engelberg, Switzerland1 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
114 February 2001Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic1 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
124 March 2001Russia Kavgolovo, Russia15 km F IndividualWorld Cup1st
1314 March 2001Sweden Borlänge, Sweden5 km F IndividualWorld Cup1st
1417 March 2001Sweden Falun, Sweden10 km F IndividualWorld Cup1st
1518 March 200110 km C IndividualWorld Cup3rd
1624 March 2001Finland Kuopio, Finland40 km F IndividualWorld Cup1st
172001–0225 November 2001Finland Kuopio, Finland5 km F IndividualWorld Cup2nd
1812 December 2001Italy Brusson, Italy10 km F IndividualWorld Cup1st
1912 January 2002Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic5 km F IndividualWorld Cup1st
202003–046 February 2004France La Clusaz, France15 km F IndividualWorld Cup2nd
2114 February 2004Germany Oberstdorf, Germany7.5 km + 7.5 km C/F PursuitWorld Cup1st
2228 February 2004Norway Oslo, Norway30 km F IndividualWorld Cup1st
236 February 2004Italy Pragelato, Italy15 km F IndividualWorld Cup2nd
242004–0515 January 2005Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic10 km F IndividualWorld Cup3rd
2512 February 2005Germany Reit im Winkl, Germany10 km F IndividualWorld Cup3rd
266 March 2005Finland Lahti, Finland10 km F IndividualWorld Cup1st
2719 March 2005Sweden Falun, Sweden7.5 km + 7.5 km C/F PursuitWorld Cup3rd
282005–0627 November 2005Finland Rukatunturi, Finland10 km F IndividualWorld Cup2nd
2915 December 2005Canada Canmore, Canada10 km F IndividualWorld Cup1st
3017 December 200515 km C Mass StartWorld Cup2nd
3131 December 2005Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic10 km F IndividualWorld Cup2nd
3214 January 2006Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy15 km F Mass StartWorld Cup2nd
3311 March 2006Norway Oslo, Norway30 km F IndividualWorld Cup1st

Team podiums
  • 13 victories – (11 RL, 2 TS)
  • 25 podiums – (22 RL, 3 TS)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate(s)
11995–9617 December 1995Italy Santa Caterina, Italy4 × 5 km C RelayWorld Cup3rdNageykina / Baranova-Masalkina / Zavyalova
21996–9724 November 1996Sweden Kiruna, Sweden4 × 5 km C RelayWorld Cup3rdNageykina / Zavyalova / Danilova
38 December 1996 Switzerland  Davos, Switzerland4 × 5 km C RelayWorld Cup3rdBaranova-Masalkina / Nageykina / Danilova
415 December 1996Italy Brusson, Italy4 × 5 km F RelayWorld Cup2ndZavyalova / Nageykina / Lazutina
51997–987 December 1997Italy Santa Caterina, Italy4 × 5 km F RelayWorld Cup1stVälbe / Lazutina / Danilova
614 December 1997Italy Val di Fieme, Italy4 × 5 km F RelayWorld Cup3rdBaranova-Masalkina / Zavyalova / Gavrylyuk
76 March 1998Finland Lahti, Finland4 × 5 km C/F RelayWorld Cup1stDanilova / Lazutina / Gavrylyuk
81998–9920 December 1998 Switzerland  Davos, Switzerland4 × 5 km C/F RelayWorld Cup3rdDenisova / Baranova-Masalkina / Reztsova
910 January 1999Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic4 × 5 km C/F RelayWorld Cup1stNageykina / Gavrylyuk / Reztsova
1014 March 1999Sweden Falun, Sweden4 × 5 km C/F RelayWorld Cup1stNageykina / Baranova-Masalkina / Lazutina
1121 March 1999Norway Oslo, Norway4 × 5 km C RelayWorld Cup1stNageykina / Gavrylyuk / Lazutina
121999–200028 November 1999Sweden Kiruna, Sweden4 × 5 km F RelayWorld Cup1stYegorova / Skladneva / Reztsova
138 December 1999Italy Asiago, ItalyTeam Sprint FWorld Cup3rdSkladneva
1413 January 2000Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic4 × 5 km C/F RelayWorld Cup2ndZavyalova / Gavrylyuk / Skladneva
1527 February 2000Sweden Falun, Sweden4 × 5 km F RelayWorld Cup1stDanilova / Zavyalova / Lazutina
164 March 2000Finland Lahti, Finland4 × 5 km C/F RelayWorld Cup1stDanilova / Gavrylyuk / Zavyalova
172000–0126 November 2000Norway Beitostølen, Norway4 × 5 km C/F RelayWorld Cup2ndDanilova / Yegorova / Lazutina
189 December 2000Italy Santa Caterina, Italy4 × 3 km C/F RelayWorld Cup1stGavrylyuk / Zavyalova / Lazutina
1913 December 2000Italy Clusone, Italy6 × 1.5 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup1stZavyalova
202001–0227 November 2001Finland Kuopio, Finland4 × 5 km C/F RelayWorld Cup1stDanilova / Baranova-Masalkina / Gavrylyuk
2113 January 2002Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic4 × 1.5 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup1stMedvedeva-Arbuzova
222003–0422 February 2004Sweden Umeå, Sweden4 × 5 km C/F RelayWorld Cup2ndKurkina / Zavyalova / Vorontsova
232004–0512 December 2004Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy4 × 5 km C/F RelayWorld Cup1stKurkina / Baranova-Masalkina / Medvedeva-Arbuzova
2420 March 2005Sweden Falun, Sweden4 × 5 km C/F RelayWorld Cup3rdKurkina / Baranova-Masalkina / Medvedeva-Arbuzova
252005–0615 January 2006Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy4 × 5 km C/F RelayWorld Cup2nd Rocheva / Baranova-Masalkina / Medvedeva-Arbuzova 
Source: [5]

Overall record
Result Distance Races[a] Sprint Ski
Tours		 Individual
Events		   Team Events[5] All Events
≤ 5 km[b] ≤ 10 km[b] ≤ 15 km[b] ≤ 30 km[b] ≥ 30 km[b] Pursuit[c] Team Sprint Relay
1st place2723121–1821131
2nd place133–––1–8–513
3rd place24–––1––71614
Podiums51453132–3332258
Top 1013281562107–811132124
Points1945221021413–1251433172
Others571––319–35––35
DSQ15–1–11211–112
Starts255723112183321711434219
a. 1 Classification is made according to FIS classification.
b. 1 2 3 4 5 Includes individual and mass start races.
c. 1 Includes pursuit and double pursuit races.

See also

References
  1. "Julia Chepalova's suspension upheld". ESPN. 2 October 2010.
  2. Julia Chepalova disqualified for doping
  3. "CAS 2010/A/2041 Yuliya Chepalova v. Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS)" (PDF). Court of Arbitration for Sport. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  4. "TCHEPALOVA Julija". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  5. "Julija Tchepalova". SkiSport365. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
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