Oxana Yatskaya

Oksana Yatskaya (born 22 September 1978 in Urzhar) is a Kazakhstani cross-country skier who has been competing since 1995. She finish fifth in the team sprint at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo and earned her best individual finish of eighth in the 30 km event at the 2005 championships in Oberstdorf.

Oxana Yatskaya

Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  Kazakhstan
Asian Winter Games
Gold medal – first place1996 Harbin5 km
Gold medal – first place2003 Aomori10 km
Gold medal – first place2003 Aomori4×5 km relay
Gold medal – first place2007 Changchun5 km
Gold medal – first place2007 Changchun4×5 km relay
Gold medal – first place2011 Astana-AlmatyTeam sprint
Gold medal – first place2011 Astana-Almaty4×5 km relay
Silver medal – second place1996 Harbin4×5 km relay
Silver medal – second place2003 Aomori5 km
Bronze medal – third place2011 Astana-AlmatySprint
Oxana Yatskaya at Tour de Ski 2010

Yatskaya's best individual finish at the Winter Olympics was 15th twice (5 km + 5 km combined pursuit: 2002, 30 km: 2006).

She has a total of three individual FIS race victories up to 10 km since 1996. Yatskaya's best individual World Cup finish was sixth in a sprint event in February 2010 in Canada.

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