Vitaliy PUKHKALO

Kazakhstan

Cross-Country Skiing

Date of Birth: 9 Sep 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Place of birth: PRESNOGORKOVKA

Birth Country:

Kazakhstan

Residence: KOSTANAY

Residence Country:

Kazakhstan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank
Cross-Country Skiing	Men's 15km Classic	25
	Men's 15km + 15km Skiathlon	32
	Men's Sprint Free	66
	Men's 4 x 10km Relay

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Men's 15km + 15km Skiathlon	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Men's Sprint Free Qualification	Finished
Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre	Men's 15km Classic	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location
32	Men's 30 kilometres Skiathlon	2018	PyeongChang, KOR
49	Men's 50 kilometres Mass Start, Classical	2018	PyeongChang, KOR
51	Men's 15 kilometres, Freestyle	2018	PyeongChang, KOR
DSQ	Men's 4 × 10 kilometres Relay	2018	PyeongChang, KOR

World Championship
Rank	Event	Year	Location
7	Rel 4x10 km M Men	2019	Seefeld, AUT
12	Rel 4x10 km M Men	2021	Oberstdorf, GER
13	Teamsprint C Final Men	2019	Seefeld, AUT
16	Team Sprint Finals Men	2021	Oberstdorf, GER
38	50 km F Mst Men	2017	Lahti, FIN
44	Skiathlon 15/15km F/C Men	2017	Lahti, FIN
45	15 km C Men	2017	Lahti, FIN
46	Skiathlon 15/15km C/F Men	2019	Seefeld, AUT
47	Skiathlon 15/15km C/F Men	2021	Oberstdorf, GER
50	15 km C Men	2019	Seefeld, AUT
53	15 km F Men	2021	Oberstdorf, GER
61	SP C Final Men	2021	Oberstdorf, GER

World Cup Rankings
Season	All	Distance
2021/2022	113
2019/2020	47	38
2018/2019	133	94

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

Season	SP C	SP F	15km C	15km F	15km P	15/15km C/F
2021/22		1 x 79th		1 x 53rd
2019/20	1 x 54th	1 x 62nd	1 x 12nd	1 x 12nd	1 x 25th	1 x 40th
2018/19	1 x 59th	1 x 71st	1 x 39th	1 x 41st	1 x 42nd

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

Season	30km F	>30km F	30km P	Overall
2021/22
2019/20		1 x 44th	1 x 10th	1 x 22nd
2018/19	1 x 26th			1 x 64th

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

Season	SP	4x7.5km M
2021/22	1 x 16th	1 x 17th
2019/20		1 x 9th
2018/19		1 x 11st

Ten Best World Cup Performances in Current Season
Rank	Event	Season	Location
17	Rel 4x7.5 km M Men	2021/2022	Lillehammer, NOR
31	Teamsprint Finals Men	2021/2022	Dresden, GER
45	FIS Tour de Ski Men	2021/2022	FIS Tour de Ski, FIS
53	15 km F Men	2021/2022	Davos, SUI
55	15 km F Men	2021/2022	Lillehammer, NOR
79	SP F Final Men	2021/2022	Dresden, GER

Previous names:

Dmitrievich

Hobbies:

Fishing, diving. (fis-ski.com; Instagram)

Occupation:

Athlete

Family:

Wife, Nastenka Pukhkalo.

Languages spoken:

Russian

Coach:

National: Vladimir Bortsov (Info 2018)

Sporting relatives:

Wife Nastenka (Cross-country skiing): Former skier and now a cross-country skiing coach. (Instagram)

Debut:

2017 World Cup in Otepaa (15km - 44th)

Memorable:

Being an Olympian at the Pyeongchang 2018 Games. (Instagram)

Milestones

First Olympic Winter Games was at Pyeongchang 2018, finishing 32nd in the skiathlon as his best result.

Debuted in the World Championships at Lahti 2017, his best finish of 38th in the 50km (seventh with the relay team at Seefeld 2019).

Competed in the U23 World Championships at Almaty 2015, finishing 37th in the 15 km and 42nd in the sprint.

On the World Cup, scored his first points at Beitostoelen in December 2018. Recorded his first top-10result in the 30km pursuit race on the Ski Tour in Trondheim in February 2020.

2017 Universiade relay silver medallist.

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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