Lilia VASILEVA

ROC

Cross-Country Skiing

Date of Birth: 3 May 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Place of birth: MOZHGA

Birth Country:

Russian Federation

Residence: IZHEVSK

Residence Country:

Russian Federation

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Cross-Country Skiing	Women's 10km Classic	15

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Women's 10km Classic	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

World Cup Rankings
Season	All	Distance
2021/2022	59	35
2020/2021	90	58

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

Season	SP C	SP F	10km C	10km F	10km P	7.5/7.5km C/F
2021/22	1 x 51st	1 x 59th	1 x 21st	1 x 28th	1 x 21st
2020/21	1 x 59th		1 x 23rd	1 x 35th		1 x 35th
2019/20

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

Season	30km C
2021/22
2020/21
2019/20	1 x 34th

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

Season	4x5km M
2021/22
2020/21	1 x 8th
2019/20

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location
21	10 km C Ladies	2021/2022	Ruka, FIN
21	10 km F Pursuit Ladies	2021/2022	Ruka, FIN
28	10 km F Ladies	2021/2022	Lillehammer, NOR
33	FIS Tour de Ski Ladies	2021/2022	FIS Tour de Ski, FIS
35	10 km F Ladies	2021/2022	Davos, SUI
51	SP C Final Ladies	2021/2022	Ruka, FIN
59	SP F Final Ladies	2021/2022	Lillehammer, NOR
69	SP F Final Ladies	2021/2022	Davos, SUI

Previous names:

Leonidovna

Hobbies:

Knitting. (24smi.org, 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Law degree, Samara Law Institute of the Federal Penitentiary Service. (infosport.ru)

Family:

Husband, Ravil Valiakhmetov. Son, Adele.

Languages spoken:

Russian, English

Club name:

Mozhga, Udmurtia

Coach:

Personal: Pavel Shklyaev (ROC)

Sporting relatives:

Husband, Ravil Valaikhmetov (Cross-country skiing): Continental Cup and national level competitor, competed on the World Cup tour

Debut:

2017 World Cup in Drammen (Sprint - 54th)

National team:

Start:

When she was a teenager, a friend invited her to join a cross-country skiing session. (Athlete, Jan 2022)

Ambition:

Becoming an Olympic champion. (Athlete, Jan 2022)

Memorable:

2017 Winter Universiade in Kazakhstan where she won five medals. (Athlete, Jan 2022)

Influence:

Her parents who have always supported her. (Athlete, Jan 2022)

General Interest

SPORTS FAMILY
Grew up in a sports family: her older brothers were wrestlers but chose career rather than professional sport. (24smi.org, 2021)

Milestones

Was selected for the World Championships team at Oberstdorf 2021 but was not entered to race there.

Scored her first World Cup points in Falun in January 2021, finishing 24th in the 10km classic mass start race.

Broke into the World Cup top-20 for the first time in Ruka in November 2021, and again on the Tour de Ski 2022 in January 2022.

Winner of the Eastern European Cup overall ranking in 2021.

Had her greatest success so far at the Universiade 2017 at Almaty, where she won gold in the 5km classic, 15km classic, and the relay, silvers in the sprint and the 5 km free.

Social Media

https://www.instagram.com/lilickavasilek/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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