Alexey Poltoranin
Kazakhstani cross-country skier
Alexey Yurevich Poltoranin (Kazakh: Алексей Юрьевич Полтаранин, born 29 April 1987) is a Kazakh cross-country skier who has competed at the international senior level since 2004. He has three World Cup wins, one in 2010 and two in 2013. In the 2013 World Championship in Val di Fiemme he won two bronze medals. Most of his best results are in the classic technique.
At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2019 Poltoranin was one of five athletes caught doping by Bundeskriminalamt in a police raid in Seefeld, Austria. He was arrested before the start of the 15 kilometre classical race. He admitted to using blood doping.
His wife is biathlete Olga Poltoranina.
Athletic career
World Championships and Olympics
Poltoranin competed at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics, the World Ski Championships in 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2013.
Poltoranin finished fifth in both the individual and team sprint at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
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