Sergey USTIUGOV

ROC

Cross-Country Skiing

Date of Birth: 8 Apr 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Place of birth: MESCHDURETSCHENSKI

Birth Country:

Russian Federation

Residence: YEKATERINBURG

Residence Country:

Russian Federation

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Cross-Country Skiing	Men's Sprint Free	8
	Men's 4 x 10km Relay ROC ROC	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Men's Sprint Free Qualification	Finished
	Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Men's 4 x 10km Relay	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Sprint, Freestyle	2014	Sochi, RUS

World Championship
Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Skiathlon 15/15km F/C Men	2017	Lahti, FIN
1	Team Sprint C Men	2017	Lahti, FIN
1	Team Sprint F Men	2013	Predazzo, ITA
2	Rel 4x10 km M Men	2019	Seefeld, AUT
2	Teamsprint C Final Men	2019	Seefeld, AUT
2	50 km F Mst Men	2017	Lahti, FIN
2	SP F Final Men	2017	Lahti, FIN
2	Rel 4x10 km M Men	2017	Lahti, FIN
3	Rel 4x10 km M Men	2013	Predazzo, ITA
5	SP C Final Men	2021	Oberstdorf, GER
9	Skiathlon 15/15km C/F Men	2019	Seefeld, AUT
16	SP C Final Men	2015	Falun, SWE
28	15 km F Men	2015	Falun, SWE
47	15 km F Men	2013	Predazzo, ITA

World Cup Rankings
Season	All	Sprint	Distance
2021/2022	12	15	7
2020/2021	39	18	39
2019/2020	8	19	8
2018/2019	10	35	17
2017/2018	12	12	10

Best performances per season in World Cup events from 2018/2019 - Individual events until 15km

Season	SP C	SP F	10km F	15km C	15/15km C/F	15km F	15km P
2021/22	1 x 24th	1 x 2nd		1 x 5th		1 x 3rd	1 x 11st
2020/21	1 x 4th	1 x 6th		1 x 7th		1 x 12nd
2019/20	1 x 2nd	1 x 11st	1 x 5th	1 x 2nd	1 x 10th	2 x 1st	2 x 15th
2018/19		1 x 26th		1 x 3rd		1 x 1st	1 x 6th

Best performances in World Cup races from 2018/2019 - Team events

Season	4x7.5km M
2021/22	1 x 2nd
2020/21	1 x 3rd
2019/20	1 x 1st
2018/19	1 x 2nd

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location
2	SP F Final Men	2021/2022	Davos, SUI
2	Rel 4x7.5 km M Men	2021/2022	Lillehammer, NOR
3	15 km F Men	2021/2022	Davos, SUI
5	15 km C Men	2021/2022	Ruka, FIN
11	15 km F Pursuit Men	2021/2022	Ruka, FIN
20	SP F Final Men	2021/2022	Lillehammer, NOR
24	15 km F Men	2021/2022	Lillehammer, NOR
24	SP C Final Men	2021/2022	Ruka, FIN

Nickname:

Moose (sovsport.ru, 21 Feb 2021)

Hobbies:

Ice-fishing, driving cars, reading. (xc-ski.de, 28 Apr 2018)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Studied at the Tobolsk State Socio-Pedagogical Academy. (xc-ski.de, 28 Apr 2018)

Family:

Wife, Elena Ustiugova (nee Soboleva - married 2019). Daughter, Kira (born Jan 2020). Mother, Natalya Ustiugova.

Languages spoken:

Russian

Coach:

National: Markus Cramer (GER)

Sporting relatives:

Wife Elena Ustiugova (Cross-country skiing): Three-time Junior World Championships medallist winning one gold (2012 relay) and two silvers (2012 5km, 2011 relay). 2013 U23 World sprint champion. One World Cup podium finish in 2018 in the relay in Beitostolen. Moved to distance skiing and was national champion in 50km in 2019.

Debut:

2013 World Cup in la Clusaz (15km - 61st)

Injuries:

October 2020: Tested positive for COVID-19 during practice in Val Senales and was not able to compete at the beginning of the season 2020/21. (xc-ski.de, 21 Jan 2021)

March 2019: Gallstones. Every time he tried to accelerate, he experienced severe pain in the gallbladder, requiring surgery and ending his season. (championat.com, 18 Mar 2019)

23 October 2018: Injured his finger while practising in Val Senales with roller skis, requiring surgery eight days later in Moscow. Returned to practice on 4 November and on 16 December he competed at the World Cup, finishing 25th. (championat.com, 31 Oct 2018)

2018: Back injury due to a crash and could not finish the Tour de Ski. (xc-ski.de, 28 Apr 2018)

Start:

When he was a child he participated in many sports, including boxing. Started cross-country skiing in 2001 and then at the suggestion of a friend he joined the ski department of the biathlon sports school in Mеzhdurechensky village, in the Khanty - Mansiysk region. He liked it from the first day, and soon it became his second home. He won a competition in his first week. (fis-ski.com, 10 Jan 2017)

Hero:

He has no heroes or idols because he thinks that people might be completely different in real life as they seem in television. (xc-ski.de, 28 Apr 2018)

General Interest

COVID-19
Tested positive for coronavirus during training in October 2020 in Schnalstal, Italy, suffering through to January 2021. He had a very difficult recovery, as even small training sessions were not possible. But he competed at the 2021 World Championships in Oberstdorf, finishing fifth in the sprint. (xc-ski.de, 21 Jan 2021)

PYEONGCHANG 2018 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Although considered a pre-Olympic medal favourite, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) did not invite him to compete at PyeongChang 2018 due to doping suspicions. He appealed the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and was declined, so he participated in the Russian Cup, created for dismissed athletes, and won the team sprint with Alexander Legkov. He did not finish his season disappearing from the World Cup circuit. The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) defended him stating that he had not been involved with doping. (fasterskier.com, 30 Dec 2018; xc-ski.de, 21 Apr 2021)

Milestones

OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Made his Olympic debut at Sochi 2014 finishing fifth in the sprint. Was not invited by the International Olympic Committee to participate at PyeongChang 2018.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Seven-time World Championships medallist (two gold, four silver, one bronze). Won his first medal in his debut in 2013 in Val de Fiemme as a member of the 4x10km relay team.

Was the most successful athlete at the 2017 World Championships in Lahti, with two golds and three silvers.

U23 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Four-time medallist at the 2013 and 2014 Championships, having won three gold (15km free, skiathlon, sprint free) and one silver (15km classical).

JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Six-time medallist at the Junior Worlds. In 2011, he competed for the first time, in Otepaa, where he won a gold and a silver medal at age 18.
One year later he won all four titles at the 2021 Championships in Erzurum.

WORLD CUP
Had his first World Cup podium in 2013 in Davos, and won his first title in 2014 in Nove Mesto, only one month later.
In 2016, he had 11 World Cup podiums and another 11 in 2017.

TOUR DE SKI
In 2016 he finished the Tour de Ski third. In 2017 he won the Tour with a record of five victories.

Social Media

https://www.instagram.com/sergei86m/

Legend

:: Gold
:: Gold Medal Event

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