Sergey Ustiugov

Sergey Ustiugov
Sergey Ustiugov in 2013
Full name Sergey Aleksandrovich
Ustiugov
Born (1992-04-08) 8 April 1992
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
World Cup career
Seasons 2013–
Individual wins 12
Indiv. podiums 31
Discipline titles 0 – (2nd in 2017)
Medal record
Representing  Russia
International nordic ski competitions
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 2 3 1
U23 World Championships 3 1 0
Junior World Championships 5 1 0
Total 10 5 1
World Championships
2017 Lahti30 km skiathlon
2017 LahtiTeam sprint
2017 LahtiSprint
2017 Lahti50 km freestyle
2017 Lahti4 × 10 km relay
2013 Val Di Fiemme4 × 10 km relay
U23 World Championships
2013 Liberec15 km freestyle
2013 Liberec30 km skiathlon
2014 Val di FiemmeSprint
2014 Val di Fiemme15 km classical
Junior World Championships
2011 OtepääSprint
2012 ErzurumSprint
2012 Erzurum10 km classical
2012 Erzurum20 km skiathlon
2012 Erzurum4 × 5 km relay
2011 Otepää4 × 5 km relay

Sergey Aleksandrovich Ustiugov (Russian: Сергей Александрович Устюгов; born 8 April 1992) is a Russian cross-country skier, world champion and Tour de Ski winner.

Career

Early career

Sergey Ustiugov started doing cross-country skiing in the biathlon section of the sports school of the settlement Mezhdurechensky in 2001. His main coach was Ivan Gennadievich Vragin.[1][2]

In 2011, Ustiugov won gold in sprint at the Youth World Championships in cross-country skiing in Otepää, Estonia.[3] A year later he became four-times champion of the Youth Championships in Erzurum, Turkey. There he won gold in sprint, 10 km race, skiatlon and as part of the Russian team in the relay event.[4] In 2013, he participated at the Junior Championships in Liberec, Czech Republic in the Under-23 classification, winning there two gold medals in 15 km free style and 30 km skiatlon.[5] At the Junior Championships in Val di Fiemme in 2014 he won gold in individual sprint.[6]

2011–15: World Cup debut and new coaching staff

Ustiugov debuted on 6 February 2011 at the World Cup in the relay event. Overall he reached 22 times the pedestal in World Cup individual events; nine times he championed, six times he became runner-up and seven times he was third-placed. The best overall ranking to date was 4th place in the 2015–16 season.

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 in Vale di Flemme, Ustiugov with his relay team won bronze. In the individual 15 km free style race he became 47th. In the same year he reached a podium place for the first time in Davos on 15 December, getting third in free style sprint. The next month he won a stage in the Czech Nové Město in free style sprint. He debuted at the 2014 Winter Olympics in sprint, where he became fifth after falling down near the final passage. In May 2014, Ustiugov moved to a separate group of the national team headed by the Swiss-German duo Reto Burgermeister/Isabel Knaute and so left the group headed by Oleg Perevozchikov.[7]

2015–17: Tour de Ski champion, world champion

In the 2015–16 WC season, in January 2015, he won the team sprint event with Alexey Petukhov at a World Cup stage in Otepää. In Rybinsk he became runner-up in free style sprint and third in individual 15 km free style. He participated at the 2016 Tour de Ski, reaching third place overall.[8] In the Nove Mesto stage he won silver and bronze in 15 km free style event and relay event, subsequently. In February he won the mass start 15 km free style event in Swedish Falun.[9] At the season-ending Ski Tour Canada he became 2nd overall, reaching five times the pedestal.

In October, Ustyugov and other skiers including Evgeny Belov and Stanislav Volzhentsev got into a conflict with the Swiss-German coaching duo Burgermeister-Knaute, and so President of the Russian Federation of Cross-Country Skiing and main coach of the national Russian team Elena Vyalbe allowed to switch Ustiugov the coaching group; the new coach became German Markus Kramer, who also coached 2014 Olympic Champion Alexander Legkov and other sportsmen.[10]

In the new season, Ustiugov in January won the 2016-17 Tour de Ski. He won the first five stages and only in the 6th stage he lost the crown to Martin Sundby. In the last stage, the final climb, he started first and by saving the handycap won the overall tour. He was the second Russian after Legkov to win the Tour de Ski. Ustiugov also set a record for the most wins in succession (5). Before him, the record were four winning stages in a row, set by Sundby.[11]

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2017 he started by winning silver medal in the sprint competition.[12] Then he went on winning his first ever gold medal at the Championships in 30 km skiathlon.[13][14] With Nikita Kriukov he won his second gold medal in team sprint.[15]

Personal life

Sergey Ustiugov was born in Mezhdurechensky as one of the youngest children in a large family; he is of Mansi descent.[16] He has a girlfriend, cross-country skier Elena Soboleva, with whom he is regularly meeting.[1]

World Cup results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[17]

World Cup standings

 Season   Age  Season Standings Ski Tour Standings
Overall Distance Sprint U23 Nordic
Opening		 Tour de
Ski		 World Cup
Final		 Ski Tour
Canada
2013205510223N/A——36N/A
20142111466N/A5—11N/A
20152226446247—N/AN/A
201623456—213N/A2
201724275—351—N/A
201825—23DNFN/A

Individual podiums

  • 12 victories – (4 WC, 8 SWC)
  • 31 podiums – (15 WC, 16 SWC)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
12013–1415 December 2013 Switzerland  Davos, Switzerland1.5 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
211 January 2014Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic1.6 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
32014–1523 January 2015Russia Rybinsk, Russia15 km F IndividualWorld Cup3rd
424 January 2015Russia Rybinsk, Russia1.3 km Sprint FWorld Cup2nd
52015–161 January 2016 Switzerland  Lenzerheide, Switzerland1.5 km Sprint FStage World Cup2nd
65 January 2016Germany Oberstdorf, Germany1.5 km Sprint CStage World Cup2nd
71–10 January 2016SwitzerlandGermanyItaly Tour de SkiOverall StandingsWorld Cup3rd
823 January 2016Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic15 km F IndividualWorld Cup3rd
914 February 2016Sweden Falun, Sweden15 km F Mass StartWorld Cup1st
101 March 2016Canada Gatineau, Canada1.7 km Sprint FStage World Cup1st
112 March 2016Canada Gatineau, Canada17.5 km C Mass StartStage World Cup3rd
124 March 2016Canada Quebec City, Canada1.7 km Sprint FStage World Cup3rd
135 March 2016Canada Quebec City, Canada15 km F PursuitStage World Cup1st
149 March 2016Canada Canmore, Canada15 km + 15 km C/F SkiathlonStage World Cup2nd
151–12 March 2016Canada Ski Tour CanadaOverall StandingsWorld Cup2nd
162016–173 December 2016Norway Lillehammer, Norway10 km F IndividualStage World Cup3rd
1711 December 2016 Switzerland  Davos, Switzerland1.6 km Sprint FWorld Cup1st
1831 December 2016 Switzerland  Val Müstair, Switzerland1.5 km Sprint FStage World Cup1st
191 January 2017 Switzerland  Val Müstair, Switzerland10 km C Mass StartStage World Cup1st
203 January 2017Germany Oberstdorf, Germany10 km + 10 km C/F SkiathlonStage World Cup1st
214 January 2017Germany Oberstdorf, Germany15 km F PursuitStage World Cup1st
226 January 2017Italy Toblach, Italy10 km F IndividualStage World Cup1st
237 January 2017Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy15 km C Mass StartStage World Cup2nd
2431 December 2016
– 8 January 2017		SwitzerlandGermanyItaly Tour de SkiOverall StandingsWorld Cup1st
2518 February 2017Estonia Otepää, Estonia1.6 km Sprint FWorld Cup3rd
268 March 2017Norway Drammen, Norway1.2 km Sprint CWorld Cup3rd
272017–182 December 2017Norway Lillehammer, Norway1.5 km Sprint CWorld Cup2nd
2810 December 2017 Switzerland  Davos, Switzerland15 km F IndividualWorld Cup2nd
2917 December 2017Italy Toblach, Italy15 km C PursuitWorld Cup2nd
3030 December 2017 Switzerland  Lenzerheide, Switzerland1.5 km Sprint FStage World Cup1st
311 January 2018 Switzerland  Lenzerheide, Switzerland15 km F PursuitStage World Cup2nd

Team podiums

  • 1 victory – (1 TS)
  • 3 podiums – (2 RL, 1 TS)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate(s)
12014–1518 January 2015Estonia Otepää, Estonia6 x 1.5 km Team Sprint FWorld Cup1stPetukhov
2 2015–16 24 January 2016Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic4 x 7.5 km Relay MWorld Cup2ndBelov / Legkov / Chervotkin
3 2016–17 18 December 2016France La Clusaz, France4 x 7.5 km Relay MWorld Cup2ndBelov / Legkov / Chervotkin

Olympic results

 Year   Age   15 km 
individual		  30 km 
 skiathlon 		  50 km 
mass start		  Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
201421———5——
201825not allowed to compete

World Championship results

  • 6 medals – (2 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze)
 Year   Age   15 km 
individual		  30 km 
 skiathlon 		  50 km 
mass start		  Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
20132047———3—
20152228——16–—
201724—12221

References

  1. 1 2 Краснов А. (2016-04-29). "Сергей Устюгов: прямая линия с читателями журнала "Лыжный спорт"" (in Russian). Журнал «Лыжный Спорт». Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  2. ↑ Краснов А. (2017-01-08). "Сергей Устюгов: "Я выиграл этот Тур не только ради себя, но и ради тех ребят, которых от него отстранили"" (in Russian). Lyzhnyy Sport. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  3. ↑ "Сергей Устюгов — победитель юниорского Первенства Мира в лыжном спринте; Глеб Ретивых — бронзовый призёр!" (in Russian). Sports Information Agency "Ves' Sport". 2011-01-28. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  4. ↑ "Юрий Каминский: у нас есть целая россыпь ярких талантов, которых мы должны грамотно подвести к Сочи-2014" (in Russian). Sports Information Agency "Ves' Sport". 2012-03-03. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  5. ↑ "Сергей Устюгов: в Сочи буду выступать в спринте" (in Russian). Sports Information Agency "Ves' Sport". 2013-01-30. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  6. ↑ "Сергей Устюгов выиграл спринтерскую гонку на ЧМ среди юниоров и молодёжи" (in Russian). 2014-01-29.
  7. ↑ "Елена Вяльбе: у меня не было сомнений, идти или нет на второй срок в качестве президента Федерации лыжных гонок России" (in Russian). Sports Information Agency "Ves' Sport". 2014-05-21. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
  8. ↑ N. Maryanchik (2016-02-10). "Бронзовый "Тур" Устюгова" (in Russian). Sport-Express. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  9. ↑ "Сергей Устюгов победил на шведском этапе Кубка мира в лыжной гонке на 15 км с масс-старта!" (in Russian). Sports Information Agency "Ves' Sport". 2016-02-14. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
  10. ↑ "Устюгов, Белов и Волженцев перешли к Крамеру". Openski (in Russian). 2016-10-14. Retrieved 2017-02-26.
  11. ↑ N. Maryanchik (2017-01-08). "Русский. Чистый. Первый! Сергей Устюгов — Победитель "Тур де Ски"" (in Russian). Sport-Express. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  12. ↑ Men's sprint results Lahti 2017
  13. ↑ Men's skiathlon results Lahti 2017
  14. ↑ Устюгов вырвал у Сундбю золото чемпионата мира в Лахти
  15. ↑ Men's team sprint results Lahti 2017
  16. ↑ Darya Shchekotova (2014-02-11). "В лыжных гонках болеем сегодня за бывшего биатлониста и боксера Сергея Устюгова" (in Russian). Regional TV Company "Yugra". Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  17. ↑ "Sergey Ustiugov". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
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