Alena Sannikova

Alena Sjarhejewna Sannikawa (White Russian Алена Сяргеевна Саннікава, Russian Елена Сергеевна Санникова / Jelena Sergejewna Sannikowa; born June 12, 1980 in Nawapolazk ) is a Belarusian cross-country skier.

Career

Sannikawas first international competition was held in January 1998 at the Junior World Championships in Pontresina, where she placed at a good rank nineteenth over 15 kilometers. This result could not be repeated in the next two World Junior Championships, where they missed each the best thirty ranks. After she moved out, however, some positions near the top twenty in FIS races, it was nonetheless nominated for the first time for the Cross Country World Cup on 8 December 2000 in Santa Caterina. Here and in the other races they missed scoring points clearly so that it initially stayed with three World Cup inserts in the 2000/ 01 season. For Sannikawa launched at the Winter Universiade and the Nordic World Ski Championships 2001. During his largely unsuccessfully participated in the World Cup, they reached a seventh place over five kilometers at the Universiade. Two years and some World Cup Appearances later she improved her good result at the Universiade again and finished fourth.

While Sannikawa several times came with the relay in a row in the top twenty, she did not succeed in the individual continues to jump into the points. So it was a success for her when she as 33 and 38 it only just missed out at the Nordic World Ski Championships in 2005, with the season they even reached tenth place. Previously, she had cut off repeatedly successful at the Universiade in 2005 and had become again fourth. In November 2005 Sannikawa managed as Twenty-ninth finally also for single World Cup their first World Cup points and has now been nominated for the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin, where she was Fifteenth with the Belarussian season and in the 10 -kilometer race again 29 followed later in the year more World Cup points, at the Universiade 2007, she took a fifth place, this time in the double - tracking, again successfully participated.

At the 2007 World Championships then Sannikawa succeeded hitherto greatest success when it was Fifteenth over 15 kilometers. Also in the Cross Country World Cup 2007/ 08 followed consistently more points in the season opener 2008/ 09, it reached number 19 her best result so far in the World Cup. Even better was the second race in which they finally crossed the finish line in 16th. In the Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec her way across all race finishes in the Top 30, with the Belarussian season she came in ninth place finish.

In December 2009 Sannikawa launched after a 63 place in Davos for some races in the Alpine Cup. In Hochfilzen her doing succeeded in the mass start over 10 km of victory, so they then moved to the A-team again. The Byelorussian Championships 2010 in Ramsau am Dachstein Sannikowa won the title over 5 km in classic style.

In the following 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver Sannikawa reached by rank 43 in individual over 10 km in the pursuit of a slight improvement on 38th After she came on the 10th place in the relay race with their teammates, Sannikawa also finished the 30 km individual race at 38th.

In December we were finally able to land her back in the points in Davos Platz 25. Despite this success, she moved again in the Alps Cup and reached again in Ortisei an unchallenged victory. In February 2011, succeeded in Rybinsk Sannikawa again the race in the points, after which she got a place at the Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo. After Rank 30 over 10 km she took in the mass start - Single over 30 km to the 41st place.

In the 2011/12 season Sannikawa only started in January 2012., But she succeeded neither in Otepaeae still in Rybinsk a good placement. Therefore, it remained their only two World Cup starts this season. However Sannikawa launched parallel nor at FIS races and won two races in Zakopane there. In the 2012/13 season she started weak as 59 in the season opener in Kuusamo. A little later he finished the Tour de Ski 2012/2013 as the 49th Tour standings. The Byelorussian Championships 2013 Sannikawa won the title again in Skiathlon before over 10 km won the silver medal in singles.

For the 2013/14 season Sannikawa did not get a starting place in the A-National squad. However, they failed to qualify through performance at FIS races, including a victory in Tyssowez for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. There she finished third in Skiathlon Rank 53 In the two individual races over 10 km and 30 km Sannikawa landed on the squares 43 and 42

Achievements

World Cup Stats

The table shows the achieved placings in detail.

  • Place 1st-3rd. Number of podiums
  • Top 10: Number of placings in the top ten
  • Points ranking: number of placements within the points positions
  • Start: Number overflowed race in the respective discipline
Navapolatsk 2007–08 FIS Cross-Country World Cup Santa Caterina di Valfurva FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 2008–09 FIS Cross-Country World Cup FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 2011–12 FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2012–13 FIS Cross-Country World Cup 2012–13 Tour de Ski 2013–14 FIS Cross-Country World Cup
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