Mikhail Botvinov

Mikhail Viktorovich Botvinov (Russian: Михаил Викторович Ботвинов); born 17 November 1967 in Lidinka, Soviet Union) is a Russian-born Austrian cross-country skier who competed from 1990 to 2007 for both Russia (until 1996) and Austria (since 1997).

Mikhail Botvinov
Mikhail Botvinov (left)
Country Austria
Full nameMikhail Viktorovich Botvinov
Born (1967-11-17) 17 November 1967
Lidinka, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
World Cup career
Seasons18 – (1989–1996, 1998–2007)
Individual wins2
Team wins4
Indiv. podiums19
Team podiums17
Indiv. starts171
Team starts42
Overall titles0 – (2nd in 1999)
Discipline titles1 – (1 LD: 1999)
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Austria
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2002 Salt Lake City30 km freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2006 Turin50 km freestyle
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1999 Ramsau4 × 10 km relay
Bronze medal – third place1999 Ramsau50 km classical
Representing  Russia
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place1993 Falun4 × 10 km relay

Career

He won two medals at the Winter Olympics with a silver in the men's 30 km freestyle mass start event in 2002 and a bronze in the men's 50 km freestyle mass start in 2006 (Both for Austria). He also competed for the Unified Team in the 1992 Winter Olympics and for Russia in the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Botvinov also won the 50 km event at the Holmenkollen Ski Festival in 1999, becoming the first Austrian to win the prestigious cross country event. He also won the Vasaloppet event in Sweden two years earlier.[1]

His biggest successes were at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, where he won three medals. He won a bronze in 1993 for Russia in the 4 × 10 km relay. In 1999, representing Austria, won a gold in the 4 × 10 km relay and a bronze in the 50 km.

Botvinov emigrated from Russia to Austria in 1996 and was forced to sit out both the 1996–97 FIS World Cup Season and the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano until he could his citizenship status clarified, but returned to form in 1998. He also encountered controversy with his teammate Christian Hoffmann regarding blood doping in 2002, though both were cleared by the International Olympic Committee on 9 April 2002.

Botvinov retired after the 2006–07 World Cup season.[2]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[3]

Olympic Games
  • 2 medals – (1 silver, 1 bronze)
 Year   Age   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   50 km   Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
19922411—151228—5—
1994264—549—5—
200234——9Silver5—4—
200638——7—Bronze———

World Championships
  • 3 medals – (1 gold, 2 bronze)
 Year   Age   10 km   15 km 
 classical 		  15 km 
 freestyle 		  Pursuit   30 km   50 km   Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 		  Team 
 sprint 
198921—37——16————
199123————8————
199325————408—Bronze—
19952710——35—29—6—
19993121——DNF18Bronze—Gold—
200133—28——13DNF5——
200335—13——1213—DSQ—
200537———8—8—5—
200739——DNS——DNF—DSQ—

Season standings
 Season   Age  Discipline standings Ski Tour standings
Overall Distance Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint Tour de
Ski
198921NC—————
19902230—————
19912318—————
1992246—————
1993257—————
19942616—————
19952710—————
1996287—————
1998304—14—4—
1999312nd place, silver medalist(s)—1st place, gold medalist(s)—7—
2000329—3rd place, bronze medalist(s)13NC—
20013310———NC—
20023453—————
20033561—————
2004363725————
2005375230————
2006386442————
20073910863————

Individual podiums
  • 2 victories
  • 19 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1 1991–92 14 March 1992Norway Vang, Norway50 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
2 1992–93 18 December 1992Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy30 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
33 January 1993Russia Kavgolovo, Russia30 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
4 1994–95 11 February 1995Norway Oslo, Norway50 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
5 1997–98 14 December 1997Italy Val di Fiemme, Italy15 km Pursuit FWorld Cup3rd
610 January 1998Austria Ramsau, Austria30 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
711 March 1998Sweden Falun, Sweden10 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
8 1998–99 12 December 1998Italy Toblach, Italy10 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
919 December 1998Switzerland Davos, Switzerland30 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
1012 January 1999Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic30 km Individual FWorld Cup1st
1114 January 1999Austria Seefeld, Austria10 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
1228 February 1999Austria Ramsau, Austria50 km Individual CWorld Championships[1]3rd
1313 March 1999Sweden Falun, Sweden30 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
1420 March 1999Norway Oslo, Norway50 km Individual CWorld Cup1st
15 1999–00 5 February 2000Norway Lillehammer, Norway10 km + 10 km Pursuit C/FWorld Cup3rd
1611 March 2000Norway Oslo, Norway50 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
17 2000–01 13 January 2001United States Soldier Hollow, United States15 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
184 March 2001Russia Kavgolovo, Russia15 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
1925 March 2001Finland Kuopio, Finland60 km Mass Start FWorld Cup3rd

Team podiums
  • 4 victories
  • 17 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates
1 1989–90 1 March 1990Finland Lahti, Finland4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndBadamshin / Prokurorov / Smirnov
216 March 1990Norway Vang, Norway4 × 10 km Relay CWorld Cup3rdBadamshin / Golubev / Smirnov
3 1990–91 1 March 1991Finland Lahti, Finland4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdBadamshin / Plaksunov / Prokurorov
41991–9228 February 1992Finland Lahti, Finland4 × 10 km Relay FWorld Cup1stKirilov / Prokurorov / Smirnov
58 March 1992Sweden Funäsdalen, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay CWorld Cup2ndKirilov / Prokurorov / Smirnov
6 1992–93 25 February 1993Sweden Falun, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Championships[1]3rdKirilov / Badamshin / Prokurorov
75 March 1993Finland Lahti, Finland4 × 10 km Relay CWorld Cup2ndVorobyov / Badamshin / Prokurorov
8 1995–96 1 March 1996Finland Lahti, Finland4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndTchepikov / Tchernych / Prokurorov
9 1997–98 11 January 1998Austria Ramsau, Austria4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdStadlober / Hoffmann / Walcher
10 1998–99 20 December 1998Switzerland Davos, Switzerland4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdMarent / Stadlober / Walcher
1110 January 1999Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stGandler / Marent / Hoffmann
1226 February 1999Austria Ramsau, Austria4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Championships[1]1stGandler / Stadlober / Hoffmann
13 1999–00 28 November 1999Sweden Kiruna, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay FWorld Cup3rdMarent / Walcher / Urain
1413 January 2000Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndMarent / Walcher / Hoffmann
1527 February 2000Sweden Falun, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay FWorld Cup3rdUrain / Walcher / Hoffmann
165 March 2000Finland Lahti, Finland4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stUrain / Walcher / Hoffmann
17 2000–01 9 December 2000Italy Santa Caterina, Italy4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndUrain / Walcher / Hoffmann

Note: 1 Until the 1999 World Championships, World Championship races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References
  1. "Historiska segrare" (PDF) (in Swedish). Vasaloppet. p. 2. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  2. FIS Newsflash 122. April 11, 2007.
  3. "Athlete : BOTVINOV Mikhail". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 31 March 2018.

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