Yulia STUPAK

ROC

Cross-Country Skiing

Date of Birth: 21 Jan 1995

Age: 27

Gender: Female

Place of birth: SOSNOGORSK, KOMI

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
Cross-Country Skiing	Women's 10km Classic	7
	Women's 7.5km + 7.5km Skiathlon	24
	Women's Sprint Free	16
	Women's Team Sprint Classic ROC ROC	3
	Women's 4 x 5km Relay ROC ROC	1

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Women's 7.5km + 7.5km Skiathlon	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Women's Sprint Free Qualification	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Women's 10km Classic	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Women's 4 x 5km Relay	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Women's Team Sprint Classic Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women's 4 × 5 kilometres Relay	2018	PyeongChang, KOR
3	Women's Sprint, Classical	2018	PyeongChang, KOR
9	Women's Team Sprint, Classical	2018	PyeongChang, KOR
18	Women's 15 kilometres Skiathlon	2018	PyeongChang, KOR

World Championship
Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Rel 4x5 km M Ladies	2021	Oberstdorf, GER
2	Team Sprint C Ladies	2017	Lathi, FIN
3	Rel 4x5 km M Ladies	2019	Seefeld, AUT
4	Team Sprint Finals Ladies	2021	Oberstdorf, GER
4	Teamsprint C Final Ladies	2019	Seefeld, AUT
5	Rel 4x5 km M Ladies	2017	Lathi, FIN
10	SP F Final Ladies	2017	Lathi, FIN
11	Skiathlon 7.5/7.5km C/F Ladies	2021	Oberstdorf, GER
12	10 km C Ladies	2019	Seefeld, AUT
13	SP C Final Ladies	2021	Oberstdorf, GER
19	SP F Final Ladies	2019	Seefeld, AUT
29	10 km F Ladies	2021	Oberstdorf, GER

World Cup Rankings
Season	Distance	Sprint	All
2021/2022	19	24	25
2020/2021	3	16	2
2018/2019	8	12	8
2017/2018	39	19	29

Best performances per season in World Cup events from 2018/2019 - Individual events until 15km
Season	SP C	SP F	10 km C	10 km F	10 km C Mst	15 km F
2021/2022	1 x 10th		1 x 9th	1 x 22nd
2020/2021	1 x 7th			1 x 2nd	1 x 1st
2018/2019	1 x 1st	1 x 17th	1 x 4th	1 x 8th		1 x 18th

Best performances per season in World Cup events from 2018/2019 - Individual events longer than 15km
Season	30 km F Pursuit	30 km C Mst	Overall
2020/2021	1 x 4th		1 x 2nd
2018/2019		1 x 13th

Best performances in World Cup races from 2018/2019 - Team events
Season	TSP F	4x5 km Mst R
2021/2022		1 x 1st
2020/2021	1 x 2nd
2018/2019		2 x 4th

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location
1	4x5 km Mst R	2021/2022	Lillehammer, NOR
9	10 km C	2021/2022	Ruka, FIN
10	SP C	2021/2022	Ruka, FIN
11	SP C	2021/2022	Davos, SUI
22	10 km F	2021/2022	Lillehammer, NOR
31	SP C	2021/2022	Lillehammer, NOR
33	10 km F	2021/2022	Davos, SUI

Previous names:

Sergeyevna, nee Belorukova

Hobbies:

Cooking, reading. (24smi.org)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Coaching degree from the Smolensk Institute of Physical Education. (24smi.org)

Family:

Husband, Nikita Stupak. Son, Arseny (born 7 January 2020).

Languages spoken:

Russian, English

Club name:

Republic of Komi

Coach:

Group: Markus Cramer (GER)

Sporting relatives:

Husband Nikita Stupak (Cross-country skiing): Competed on the World Cup tour from 2009-18. Four-time National Championship medallist between 2009-17 (three silver, one bronze).

Debut:

2014 World Cup in Lahti (Sprint - 47th)

Injuries:

No injuries. Time out for maternity in 2019/20.

National team:

2013

Start:

Joined organised ski practice at age six following the example of her older brother. "I was interested in the sport and people there were friendly." (24smi.org; Athlete, Jun 2021)

Ambition:

"Do my very best." (Athlete, Jun 2021)

Training:

"Slow and steady wins the race." (Athlete, Jun 2021)

Memorable:

Sprint bronze medal at PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games. (Athlete, Jun 2021)

Hero:

Husband. (Athlete, Jun 2021)

Influence:

Myself. (Athlete, Jun 2021)

Philosophy:

"Have as much fun as possible." (Athlete, Jun 2021)

Award:

Honoured Master of Sport of Russia (2018).

General Interest

WHITE SNOW
Played the role of former cross-country champion and current president of the Russian Ski Association Yelena Valbe in the sports scenes of a biographical sports drama about Valbe, which was released in March 2021. (www.komi.kp.ru)

Milestones

OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
In her Olympic debut at PyeongChang 2018, she won two bronze medals. The first was in the sprint where in the last descent, she closed in on Norway's Maiken Caspersen Falla and both fought head-to-head on the final stretch, with the Norwegian securing the silver 0.3 seconds ahead of Stupak, who won her unexpected bronze, and was the only individual female cross-country skiing winner from OAR at these Games.

Her second bronze was in the 4x5km relay.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Debuted at Lahti 2017, where she won her first medal, a silver, in the classic team sprint with Natalia Matveeva. Won two relay medals, a bronze at Seefeld 2019 and a silver at Oberstdorf 2021.

Four-time medallist at the Junior World Championships, winning individual silver and bronze in the sprint (2014-15) and two relay silvers (2014-15).

Participated at two U23 World Championships (2016, 2018), where her best result was fifth in skiathlon at Goms 2018.

WORLD CUP
Has three individual World Cup victories. Scored her first win at Ruka in November 2018, followed by a stage World Cup win at the Tour de Ski 2020/21, where she finished second overall, and a win in Engadin in March 2021. Has one team sprint World Cup victory.

Finished second in the overall World Cup rankings 2020/21 and third in the distance World Cup.

Social Media

https://www.instagram.com/yulia_belorukova/

Legend

:: Gold
:: Bronze
:: Gold Medal Event

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