Vasily Rochev (skier, born 1951)
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| Birth name | Vasily Pavlovich Rochev | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 December 1951 Bakur, Izhemsky District, Komi ASSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Vasily Pavlovich Rochev (Russian: Васи́лий Па́влович Рочев) (born 22 December 1951 in the village of Bakur, Izhemsky District, Komi ASSR) is a former Soviet/Russian cross-country skier who competed in the 1970s and early 1980s, training at Dynamo in Syktyvkar. He won two medals for the Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, with a gold in the 4 × 10 km relay and a silver in the 30 km.
Rochev also won two medals at the 1974 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a silver in the 4 × 10 km relay and a bronze in the 15 km.
Married to fellow Soviet cross-country skier Nina Selyunina, he is the father of Vasily Rochev who won the bronze medal in the team sprint at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, and four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf with a gold in the individual sprint (2005), silvers in the team sprint and relay (both 2007), and a bronze in the 4 × 10 km relay (2007).
Cross-country skiing results
[edit]All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[1][2]
Olympic Games
[edit]- 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver)
| Year | Age | 15 km | 30 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 24 | — | 10 | 12 | — |
| 1980 | 28 | 13 | Silver | — | Gold |
World Championships
[edit]- 2 medals – (1 silver, 1 bronze)
| Year | Age | 15 km | 30 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km relay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 22 | Bronze | — | 5 | Silver |
| 1978 | 26 | 8 | — | — | 4 |
References
[edit]- ^ "ROTSJEV Vassilij". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ "ROCHEV V". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
External links
[edit]- Vassilij Rotsjev at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- V Rochev at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Biography and photo (in Russian)
- Vasily Rochev at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1951 births
- Soviet male cross-country skiers
- Russian male cross-country skiers
- Dynamo Sports Club sportspeople
- Cross-country skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Olympic cross-country skiers for the Soviet Union
- Medalists at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
- People from Izhemsky District
- Living people
- Sportspeople from the Komi Republic
- 20th-century Russian sportsmen