Vida Vencienė

Vida Vencienė
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1988 Calgary 10 km
1988 Calgary 5 km

Vida Vencienė (maiden name Vida Mogenytė; born 28 May 1961 in Ukmergė) is a former cross-country skier who represented the USSR 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 USSR.

Her best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 7th in the 30 km event in 1989. She also finished 2nd in a 10 km event in a World Cup event in Leningrad in 1988.

World Cup results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]

Individual podiums

  • 1 victory
  • 3 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1 1987–88 9 January 1988Soviet Union Leningrad, Soviet Union10 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
214 February 1988Canada Calgary, Canada10 km Individual COlympic Games[1]1st
317 February 1988Canada Calgary, Canada5 km Individual COlympic Games[1]3rd

Note: 1 Until the 1994 Olympics, Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

  1. "Athlete : VENZENE Vida". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
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