Alyona Viktorovna Sidko (russian: Алёна Ви́кторовна Сидько́; born 20 September 1979,
Krasnoyarsk
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) is a Russian
cross-country skier who competed between 2000 and 2013.
Sidko won a bronze medal in the Individual Sprint at the
2006 Winter Olympics
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in
Turin
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. She also won a bronze in the Team sprint (with
Yuliya Chepalova
Yulia Anatolyevna Chepalova (russian: Ю́лия Анато́льевна Чепа́лова; born 23 December 1976 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russian SFSR) is a former Russian cross-country skier.
Early and current personal life
Daughter of a cros ...
) at the
2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
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in
Oberstdorf
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and had her best individual finish of 12th in the Individual sprint in 2003. Sidko has nineteen wins at various levels in distances in up to 10 km since 2002. She took the 2007–08 season off due to
pregnancy
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but returned for the 2008–09 season.
Sidko was banned from competing at the
2010 Vancouver Olympics
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for breaking anti-doping rules. She had tested positive for
EPO at a race in Krasnogorsk 26 December 2009 and was subsequently banned from competing in the sport for two years.
[Topher Sabot]
Russian Alena Sidko Tests Positive for EPO
fasterskier.com, 20 January 2010
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the
International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games
* 1 medal – (1 bronze)
World Championships
* 1 medal – (1 bronze)
World Cup
Season standings
Individual podiums
*1 victory
*2 podiums
Team podiums
* 6 podiums – (3 , 3 )
References
* FIS Newsflash 177 on Sidko's return from pregnancy. April 30, 2008.
External links
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Russian female cross-country skiers
1979 births
Living people
Doping cases in cross-country skiing
Russian sportspeople in doping cases
Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for Russia
Olympic cross-country skiers of Russia
Sportspeople from Krasnoyarsk
Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics