Team Russia for WOC 2010 in Trondheim, Norway with results, pictures and runner profiles

Overview: WOC Teams 2010
AUS AUT BLR BEL BRA BUL CAN CHN CRO CZE PRK DEN EST FIN
FRA GER GBR HKG HUN IRL ISR ITA JPN KAZ LAT LTU NED NZL
NOR POL POR ROM RUS SVK SLO RSA ESP SWE SUI TUR UKR USA

  Team Russia WOC 2010 - 12 runners  

Team Overview - Disciplines*

 NameSprintMiddleLongRelay
1.Alexey Bortnik 33rd place
Qual: 15th place 		Qual: 20th place   
2.Sergei Detkov 39th place
Qual: 9th place 		   
3.Andrey Khramov 8th place
Qual: 1st place 		  31st place
Qual: 10th place 		medal
4.Irina Mikhalko Qual: 17th place   
5.Yulia Novikova  16th place
Qual: 7th place 		12nd place
Qual: 4th place 		9th place
6.Leonid Novikov Qual: 24th place   
7.Valentin Novikov  6th place
Qual: 7th place 		22nd place
Qual: 2nd place 		medal
8.Irina Nuberg  33rd place
Qual: 14th place 		 9th place
9.Aliya Sitdikova 35th place
Qual: 15th place 		 Qual: 16th place  
10.Dmitry Tsvetkov 20th place
Qual: 3rd place 		  10th place
Qual: 7th place 		medal
11.Natalia Ukhorskaya 45th place
Qual: 11st place 		   
12.Galina Vinogradova 15th place
Qual: 6th place 		  21st place
Qual: 11st place 		9th place

Results will be updated during the championships. See also

Detailed Team information

Alexey Bortnik
ClubIFK Mora (SWE)
Born date06.05.1983
Info/BiographyPromising Russian who is constantly improving. Middle distance his best so far. First made his name through medals at JWOC 2003. Ran WOC 2006, but could not qualify to the finals on sprint or long. International breakthrough with 5th spot on the middle distance in EOC 2010 in Bulgaria, which also gave him a spot in the Russian WOC team in Trondheim in 2010.
Selected results 5. place, EOC 2010 Middle
33. place, WOC 2010 Sprint
17. place, EOC 2010 Long
26. place, WOC 2009 Long
36. place, WOC 2009 Middle
33. place, WC 2010 #6, Middle
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Sergei Detkov
ClubRasti-Kurikka (FIN)
Info/Biography11th spot at EOC 2008 at the middle distance.
Videos
Selected results 39. place, WOC 2010 Sprint
32. place, WC 2010 #6, Middle
48. place, WC 2010 #4, Middle
11. place, EOC 2008 Middle
34. place, EOC 2008 Sprint
35. place, WOC 2007 Sprint
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Andrey Khramov
ClubHiisirasti (FIN) / SKVO Rostov na Don
Born date17.01.1981
Info/BiographyStrong russian runner who surprised everybody by winning JWOC in Bulgaria as a 18-year old in 1999. Lives at the foot of the Kaukasus mountains, not far away form the Black sea. Well used to hot and humid conditions and tough climbs. Married to Nadia and has a son, Alexander, born 2002. Competes in track and field regularly, his PB on 5000m is 14.05. Finished his studies in communication (traffic) in 2004 and was since a professional sportsman. His gold medal in Japan 2005 was Russias first ever in senior foot-orienteering. Won the relay for Russia in 2006 and 2007. Started the WOC 2008 with a sprint gold - his 4th WOC-gold, and took another WOC gold medal at the sprint in 2009 in Hungary - giving him a gold medal in 5 World Orienteering Championships in a row! Nominated for Orienteering Achievement of the year 2008 after previously being the man of the tough, long and warm races - this year he proved to be the World\'s best sprinter - taking the Gold Medal at the sprint distance at the World Orienteering Champs in Olomouc, Czech Republic.
Selected results 1. place, WOC 2009 Sprint
1. place, WOC 2008 Sprint
8. place, WOC 2010 Sprint
3. place, WC 2010 #6, Middle
31. place, WOC 2010 Long
2. place, WOC 2007 Long
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Irina Mikhalko
Info/BiographyCurrently nothing available. Check for World of O runner profile here.
Selected results 20. place, WOC 2009 Middle
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Yulia Novikova
ClubDelta (FIN)
Born date09.11.1980
Info/BiographyThe wife of Valentin Novikov (her maiden name is Sedina). Has been the second best Russian woman behind Riabkina. Normally very safe on the first leg in relays. Finished 3rd on the WC-middle race in Norway 2007. Rest year in 2010.
Videos
Selected results 12. place, WOC 2010 Long
16. place, WOC 2010 Middle
12. place, EOC 2010 Middle
13. place, WOC 2009 Middle
19. place, EOC 2010 Long
2. place, WOC 2008 Relay
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Leonid Novikov
ClubDelta (FIN)
Selected results 16. place, WOC 2009 Middle
25. place, EOC 2010 Long
32. place, WC 2010 #4, Middle
28. place, NOC 2009 Middle
27. place, WC 2008 #11, Middle
34. place, WC 2008 #9, Sprint
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Valentin Novikov
ClubDelta (FIN)
Born date01.10.1974
Info/BiographyHis breakthrough was the gold medals at EOC in Ukraine 2000 - and came back for his next individual championships gold medal by winning the EOC middle distance in Bulgaria exactly 10 years later. Strong runner in continental forest, but often struggles on very long courses and hot weather. Have had problems with the russian federation and was omitted from the WOC 2005-team. Alledgely because he failed to report certain WADA-documents to the federation in time. In SUI 2003 he was dsq on the long distance qual because he was too late for the check-in time. His first WOC-gold came when he anchored his russian team to the relay gold in WOC 2006. Also won the EOC relay in 2008 and decided Jukola 2008 in favour of his team Delta. Married with national team member Julia (prev. Sedina). Younger brother Leonid also an eliterunner. Nominated for the Orienteering Achievement of 2006 for as anchor bringing Russia to a historic World Championship gold in the Relay. Novikov\'s run on the last leg was one of the highlights of the 2006 World Championships.
Videos
Selected results 1. place, EOC 2010 Middle
6. place, WOC 2010 Middle
3. place, WC 2010 #4, Middle
3. place, WOC 2008 Middle
22. place, WOC 2010 Long
2. place, WOC 2009 Relay
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Irina Nuberg
Info/BiographyRunning only middle at WOC 2008.
Selected results 33. place, WOC 2010 Middle
19. place, WOC 2009 Middle
33. place, WOC 2009 Sprint
14. place, WOC 2008 Middle
19. place, EOC 2008 Middle
39. place, EOC 2008 Sprint
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Aliya Sitdikova
Info/BiographyCurrently nothing available. Check for World of O runner profile here.
Selected results 35. place, WOC 2010 Sprint
21. place, WOC 2009 Sprint
24. place, EOC 2010 Sprint
16. place, WC 2010 #5, Sprint
41. place, WC 2010 #4, Middle
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Dmitry Tsvetkov
ClubIkaalisten Nouseva-Voima (FIN)
Info/BiographyJunior World Champion from Estonia 2003 showed his strength in Baltic terrain once again by surprisingly winning the long distance at EOC 2008. Changed club from OK Tisaren to Angelniemen Ankkuri ahead of 2009-season. Nominated for Orienteering Achievement of the year 2008 after being the big surprise of 2008 when coming from nowhere and taking the gold medal over the long distance in EOC in Latvia. He was accused for following - but has since shown that he really belongs to the world orienteering elite.
Selected results 10. place, WOC 2010 Long
1. place, EOC 2008 Long
5. place, WOC 2009 Long
20. place, WOC 2010 Sprint
2. place, WOC 2009 Relay
25. place, EOC 2010 Middle
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Natalia Ukhorskaya
Info/BiographyCurrently nothing available. Check for World of O runner profile here.
Selected results 45. place, WOC 2010 Sprint
14. place, JWOC 2008 Long
27. place, JWOC 2008 Middle
52. place, JWOC 2008 Sprint
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Galina Vinogradova
Info/BiographyCurrently nothing available. Check for World of O runner profile here.
Selected results 3. place, WC 2010 #5, Sprint
15. place, WOC 2010 Sprint
21. place, WOC 2010 Long
10. place, WOC 2009 Long
4. place, WOC 2008 Sprint
20. place, WOC 2009 Sprint
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