Mikhail Botvinov


Mikhail Viktorovich Botvinov is a Russian-born Austrian cross-country skier who competed from 1990 to 2007 for both Russia and Austria.

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. 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.
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.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation.

Olympic Games

Year Age 10 km 15 km
classical 		15 km
freestyle 		Pursuit 30 km 50 km Sprint 4 × 10 km
relay 		Team
sprint
19892137—16——
199123——8——
199325——408Bronze
1995271035—296
1999312118BronzeGold
20013328—135—
20033513—1213—
200537—88—5—
200739FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 – Men's 15 kilometre freestyle|—FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 – Men's 50 kilometre classical|——

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlace
1 1991–92 14 March 1992 Vang, Norway50 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
2 1992–93 18 December 1992 Val di Fiemme, Italy30 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
3 1992–93 3 January 1993 Kavgolovo, Russia30 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
4 1994–95 11 February 1995 Oslo, Norway50 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
5 1997–98 14 December 1997 Val di Fiemme, Italy15 km Pursuit FWorld Cup3rd
6 1997–98 10 January 1998 Ramsau, Austria30 km Individual FWorld Cup3rd
7 1997–98 11 March 1998 Falun, Sweden10 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
8 1998–99 12 December 1998 Toblach, Italy10 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
9 1998–99 19 December 1998 Davos, Switzerland30 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
10 1998–99 12 January 1999 Nové Město, Czech Republic30 km Individual FWorld Cup1st
11 1998–99 14 January 1999 Seefeld, Austria10 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
12 1998–99 28 February 1999 Ramsau, Austria50 km Individual CWorld Championships3rd
13 1998–99 13 March 1999 Falun, Sweden30 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
14 1998–99 20 March 1999 Oslo, Norway50 km Individual CWorld Cup1st
15 1999–00 5 February 2000 Lillehammer, Norway10 km + 10 km Pursuit C/FWorld Cup3rd
16 1999–00 11 March 2000 Oslo, Norway50 km Individual CWorld Cup3rd
17 2000–01 13 January 2001 Soldier Hollow, United States15 km Individual CWorld Cup2nd
18 2000–01 4 March 2001 Kavgolovo, Russia15 km Individual FWorld Cup2nd
19 2000–01 25 March 2001 Kuopio, Finland60 km Mass Start FWorld Cup3rd

Team podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammates
1 1989–90 1 March 1990 Lahti, Finland4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndBadamshin / Prokurorov / Smirnov
2 1989–90 16 March 1990 Vang, Norway4 × 10 km Relay CWorld Cup3rdBadamshin / Golubev / Smirnov
3 1990–91 1 March 1991 Lahti, Finland4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdBadamshin / Plaksunov / Prokurorov
41991–9228 February 1992 Lahti, Finland4 × 10 km Relay FWorld Cup1stKirilov / Prokurorov / Smirnov
51991–928 March 1992 Funäsdalen, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay CWorld Cup2ndKirilov / Prokurorov / Smirnov
6 1992–93 25 February 1993 Falun, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Championships3rdKirilov / Badamshin / Prokurorov
7 1992–93 5 March 1993 Lahti, Finland4 × 10 km Relay CWorld Cup2ndVorobyov / Badamshin / Prokurorov
8 1995–96 1 March 1996 Lahti, Finland4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndTchepikov / Tchernych / Prokurorov
9 1997–98 11 January 1998 Ramsau, Austria4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdStadlober / Hoffmann / Walcher
10 1998–99 20 December 1998 Davos, Switzerland4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup3rdMarent / Stadlober / Walcher
11 1998–99 10 January 1999 Nové Město, Czech Republic4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stGandler / Marent / Hoffmann
12 1998–99 26 February 1999 Ramsau, Austria4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Championships1stGandler / Stadlober / Hoffmann
13 1999–00 28 November 1999 Kiruna, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay FWorld Cup3rdMarent / Walcher / Urain
14 1999–00 13 January 2000 Nové Město, Czech Republic4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndMarent / Walcher / Hoffmann
15 1999–00 27 February 2000 Falun, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay FWorld Cup3rdUrain / Walcher / Hoffmann
16 1999–00 5 March 2000 Lahti, Finland4 × 10 km Relay C/FWorld Cup1stUrain / Walcher / Hoffmann
17 2000–01 9 December 2000 Santa Caterina, Italy4 × 5 km Relay C/FWorld Cup2ndUrain / Walcher / Hoffmann

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