Vida Vencienė
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.
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| Individual wins | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. podiums | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Indiv. starts | 32 | |||||||||||||||||
| Team starts | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (5th in 1988) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]
Olympic Games
- 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
| 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 | — | — |
Individual podiums
- 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} 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
- "VENZENE Vida". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
External links
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