Vasily Rochev (skier, born 1980)

Vasily Rochev
Vasily Rochev in 2008
Country Russia
Full nameVasily Vasilyevich Rochev
Born (1980-10-23) 23 October 1980
Syktyvkar, Soviet Union
World Cup career
Seasons11 – (20002010)
Indiv. starts130
Indiv. podiums8
Indiv. wins2
Team starts33
Team podiums9
Team wins3
Overall titles0 – (6th in 2006)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
2006 Turin Team sprint
World Championships
2005 Oberstdorf Individual sprint
2007 Sapporo Team sprint
2007 Sapporo 4 × 10 km relay
2005 Oberstdorf 4 × 10 km relay
Junior World Championships
2000 Štrbské Pleso 4 × 10 km relay
2000 Štrbské Pleso 30 km classical

Vasily Vasilyevich Rochev (Russian: Василий Васильевич Рочев; born 23 October 1980 in Syktyvkar, Komi ASSR, Russian SFSR) is a Russian cross-country skier who has competed since 2000. He won the bronze medal in the Team sprint event at the 2006 Winter Olympics at Turin.

Rochev has four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold (Individual sprint: 2005), two silvers (Team sprint and 4x10 km: both 2007), and one bronze (4x10 km: 2005). He has won fourteen events in cross-country skiing since 2002.

He is the son of Vasily Rochev who won two medals at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York (gold: 4 x 10 km, silver: 30 km), and two medals at the 1974 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun (silver: 4 x 10 km, bronze: 15 km).

He is the second husband of fellow Russian cross-country skier Yuliya Chepalova, who gave birth to their daughter Vaselina in April 2007. Chepalova had another child in 2003 from a previous marriage.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1]

Olympic Games

  • 1 medal – (1 bronze)
 Year   Age   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   50 km   Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
2002 21 25 28
2006 25 4 11 6 Bronze

World Championships

  • 5 medals – (1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)
 Year   Age   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   50 km   Sprint   4 × 10 km 
 relay 
 Team 
 sprint 
2001 20 24 21
2003 22 31 7 4
2005 24 22 Gold Bronze 8
2007 26 8 Silver Silver
2009 28 19 11 DSQ

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age   Discipline standings   Ski Tour standings 
 Overall   Distance   Long 
 Distance 
 Middle 
 Distance 
 Sprint   Tour de 
 Ski 
 World Cup 
 Final 
2000 19 84 47
2001 20 102 68
2002 21 50 23
2003 22 20 15
2004 23 32 78 11
2005 24 15 16 22
2006 25 6 19 6
2007 26 23 48 10
2008 27 41 39 34 51
2009 28 17 28 22 5 38
2010 29 78 65 64

Individual podiums

  • 2 victories – (2 WC)
  • 8 podiums – (7 WC, 1 SWC)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1 2002–03 30 November 2002 Rukatunturi, Finland 15 km Individual C World Cup 1st
2  2004–05  20 November 2004 Gällivare, Sweden 15 km Individual C World Cup 3rd
3 28 November 2004 Rukatunturi, Finland 15 km Individual C World Cup 2nd
4 2005–06 7 January 2006 Otepää, Estonia 15 km Individual C World Cup 1st
5 8 January 2006 1.5 km Sprint C World Cup 3rd
6 22 January 2006 Oberstdorf, Germany 1.2 km Sprint C World Cup 3rd
7  2006–07  28 January 2007 Otepää, Estonia 1.2 km Sprint C World Cup 2nd
8  2008–09  29 December 2008 Prague, Czech Republic 1.3 km Sprint F Stage World Cup 2nd

Team podiums

  • 3 victories – (1 RL, 2 TS)
  • 9 podiums – (5 RL, 4 TS
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate(s)
1  2001–02  27 November 2001 Kuopio, Finland 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Ivanov / Bolshakov / Vilisov
2  2003–04  15 February 2004 Oberstdorf, Germany 6 × 1.2 km Team Sprint F World Cup 3rd Alypov
3 6 March 2004 Lahti, Finland 6 × 1.0 km Team Sprint C World Cup 1st Pankratov
4 2004–05 5 December 2004 Bern, Switzerland 6 × 1.1 km Team Sprint F World Cup 1st Alypov
5 15 December 2004 Asiago, Italy 6 × 1.2 km Team Sprint C World Cup 2nd Pankratov
6  2006–07  19 November 2006 Gällivare, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Pankratov / Legkov / Dementyev
7 17 December 2006 La Clusaz, France 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 1st Pankratov / Legkov / Dementyev
8 25 March 2007 Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Pankratov / Legkov / Vylegzhanin
9  2007–08  25 November 2007 Beitostølen, Norway 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Pankratov / Legkov / Dementyev

References

  1. ^ "Athlete : ROTCHEV Vassili". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 2 April 2018.