Oleksandr Batyuk


Oleksandr Mykhailovych Batyuk is a former Soviet cross-country skier who competed in the 1980s, training at Dynamo in Chernihiv. He won a silver in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. He is a member of the Ski Federation of Ukraine and the only Olympian of the federation who received medal at Olympics.
Batyuk also won two medals in the 4 × 10 km relay at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in 1982 and a silver in 1987.
His best individual finish was sixth twice in the World Cup.
He was born in Chernihiv, Soviet Union.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation.

Olympic Games

Season standings

Team podiums

No.SeasonDateLocationRaceLevelPlaceTeammates
11981–8225 February 1982 Oslo, Norway4 × 10 km RelayWorld Championships1stNikitin / Burlakov / Zavyalov
2 1983–84 16 February 1984 Sarajevo, Yugoslavia4 × 10 km RelayOlympic Games2ndZavyalov / Nikitin / Zimyatov
31986–8717 February 1987 Oberstdorf, West Germany4 × 10 km Relay FWorld Championships2ndSmirnov / Devyatyarov / Sakhnov
41986–878 March 1987 Falun, Sweden4 × 10 km Relay CWorld Cup2ndSakhnov / Uschkalenko / Prokurorov

Note: Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Winter Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.