Alyona Sidko

Alyona Sidko
Country Russia
Born (1979-09-20) 20 September 1979 (age 45)
Krasnoyarsk, Soviet Union
World Cup career
Seasons10 – (2000–2007, 2009–2010)
Indiv. starts117
Indiv. podiums2
Indiv. wins1
Team starts31
Team podiums6
Team wins0
Overall titles0 – (20th in 2004)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Women's cross-country skiing
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Turin Individual sprint
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Oberstdorf Team sprint

Alyona Viktorovna Sidko (Russian: Алёна Ви́кторовна Сидько́; born 20 September 1979, Krasnoyarsk) is a Russian cross-country skier who competed between 2000 and 2013.

Sidko won a bronze medal in the Individual Sprint at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. She also won a bronze in the Team sprint (with Yuliya Chepalova) at the 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf and had her best individual finish of 12th in the Individual sprint in 2003. Sidko has nineteen wins at various levels in distances in up to 10 km since 2002. She took the 2007–08 season off due to pregnancy but returned for the 2008–09 season.

Sidko was banned from competing at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics for breaking anti-doping rules. She had tested positive for EPO at a race in Krasnogorsk 26 December 2009 and was subsequently banned from competing in the sport for two years.[1]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[2]

Olympic Games

  • 1 medal – (1 bronze)
 Year   Age   10 km 
 individual  		 15 km 
 skiathlon  		 30 km 
 mass start  		 Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay  		 Team 
 sprint 
2006 26 — — — Bronze — 6

World Championships

  • 1 medal – (1 bronze)
 Year   Age   10 km 
 individual  		 15 km 
 skiathlon  		 30 km 
 mass start  		 Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay  		 Team 
 sprint 
2005 25 — — — 13 — Bronze
2007 27 — — 27 30 7 —
2009 29 17 — — 43 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 20 NC — NC NC — — —
2001 21 101 — — — — — —
2002 22 45 — — — 40 — —
2003 23 25 — — — 15 — —
2004 24 20 29 — — 16 — —
2005 25 29 37 — — 19 — —
2006 26 23 37 — — 16 — —
2007 27 28 31 — — 23 29 —
2009 29 26 28 — — 30 — 19
2010 30 100 75 — — NC DSQ —

Individual podiums

  • 1 victory
  • 2 podiums
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place
1  2003–04  25 October 2003 Germany Düsseldorf, Germany 0.8 km Sprint F World Cup 2nd
2 2005–06 30 December 2005 Czech Republic Nové Město, Czech Republic 1.2 km Sprint F World Cup 1st

Team podiums

  • 6 podiums – (3 RL, 3 TS)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate(s)
1  2001–02  27 November 2001 Finland Kuopio, Finland 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Yegorova / Burukhina / Gavrylyuk
2 16 December 2001 Switzerland Davos, Switzerland 4 × 5 Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Rocheva / Burukhina / Schastlivaya
3  2002–03  14 February 2003 Italy Asiago, Italy 6 × 1.4 km Team Sprint F World Cup 2nd Korostelyova
4  2003–04  26 October 2003 Germany Düsseldorf, Germany 6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F World Cup 2nd Hahina
5 23 November 2003 Norway Beitostølen, Norway 4 × 5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Hahina / Vorontsova / Zavyalova
6  2005–06  23 October 2005 Germany Düsseldorf, Germany 6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F World Cup 3rd Matveyeva

References

  1. ^ Topher Sabot: Russian Alena Sidko Tests Positive for EPO, fasterskier.com, 20 January 2010
  2. ^ "SIDKO Alena". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  • FIS Newsflash 177 on Sidko's return from pregnancy. April 30, 2008.