Nikolay Pankratov

Nikolay Pankratov
Nikolay Pankratov in 2008
Personal information
Born (1982-12-23) 23 December 1982
Sport
Country Russia
SportSkiing
World Cup career
Seasons8 – (20032010)
Indiv. starts113
Indiv. podiums4
Indiv. wins1
Team starts16
Team podiums9
Team wins2
Overall titles0 – (16th in 2007)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Russia
World Championships
2007 Sapporo  4 × 10 km relay
2005 Oberstdorf  4 × 10 km relay
Junior World Championships
2001 Karpacz  4 × 10 km relay

Nikolay Vladimirovich Pankratov (Russian: Николай Владимирович Панкратов; born 23 December 1982 in Sverdlovsk) is a Russian cross-country skier who competed between 1999 and 2013. He won two medals in the 4 × 10 km at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a silver in 2007 and a bronze in 2005, and finished 10th in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit at the 2005 championships in Oberstdorf.

Pankratov also finished eighth in the 4 × 10 km event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. His only individual win was in a 10 km event in Italy in 2003.

In 2010, Pankratov was allegedly caught with the forbidden substance actovegin when crossing the border to Switzerland.[1]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]

Olympic Games

 Year   Age   15 km 
 individual 
 30 km 
 skiathlon 
 50 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
2006 23 18
2010 27 32 8

World Championships

  • 2 medals – (1 silver, 1 bronze)
 Year   Age   15 km 
 individual 
 30 km 
 skiathlon 
 50 km 
 mass start 
 Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
2005 22 10 29 Bronze
2007 24 36 9 Silver

World Cup

 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Sprint Nordic
Opening
Tour de
Ski
World Cup
Final
2003 20 114 N/a N/a N/a N/a
2004 21 20 18 37 N/a N/a N/a
2005 22 38 25 42 N/a N/a N/a
2006 23 53 46 43 N/a N/a N/a
2007 24 16 33 21 N/a 10 N/a
2008 25 24 14 108 N/a 18 35
2009 26 93 57 NC N/a 31 41
2010 27 45 46 35 N/a DNF 23

Individual podiums

  • 1 victory – (1 SWC)
  • 4 podiums – (3 WC, 1 SWC)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1 2003–04 13 December 2003 Davos, Switzerland 15 km Individual C World Cup 2nd
2 2006–07 21 January 2007 Rybinsk, Russia 1.2 km Sprint F World Cup 2nd
3 2007–08 2 January 2008 Nové Město, Czech Republic 15 km Individual C Stage World Cup 3rd
4 22 January 2008 Canmore, Canada 15 km + 15 km Pursuit C/F World Cup 1st

Team podiums

  • 2 victories – (1 RL, 1 TS)
  • 9 podiums – (7 RL, 2 TS)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate(s)
1 2003–04 11 January 2004 Otepää, Estonia 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Ivanov / Alypov / Vilisov
2 7 February 2004 La Clusaz, France 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Ivanov / Dementyev / Novikov
3 6 March 2004 Lahti, Finland 6 × 1.0 km Team Sprint C World Cup 1st Rochev
4 2004–05 15 December 2004 Asiago, Italy 6 × 1.2 km Team Sprint C World Cup 2nd Rochev
5 2006–07 19 November 2006 Gällivare, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Rochev / Legkov / Dementyev
6 17 December 2006 La Clusaz, France 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Rochev / Legkov / Dementyev
7 25 March 2007 Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Rochev / Legkov / Vylegzhanin
8 2007–08 25 November 2007 Beitostølen, Norway 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Rochev / Legkov / Dementyev
9 2009–10 22 November 2009 Beitostølen, Norway 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Vylegzhanin / Legkov / Chernousov

References

  1. ^ Vinton, Nathaniel (14 September 2010). "Actovegin resurfaces in Europe as former Russian Olympian Nikolai Pankratov is caught with drug". New York Daily News. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Athlete : PANKRATOV Nikolay". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 3 April 2018.