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Oksana Yatskaya (born 22 September 1978 in
Oksana Yatskaya (born 22 September 1978 in Urzhar
Urzhar ( kk, Үржар, ''Úrjar'') is a village in the Urzhar river valley and the administrative center of Urzhar District in the Abai Region of Kazakhstan. Population:
Notable residents
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) is a Kazakhstan
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i cross-country skier
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who has been competing since 1995. She finish fifth in the team sprint at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007
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in Sapporo
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and earned her best individual finish of eighth in the 30 km event at the 2005 championships in Oberstdorf
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Yatskaya's best individual finish at the Winter Olympics was 15th twice (5 km + 5 km combined pursuit: 2002
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, 30 km: 2006
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).
She has a total of three individual FIS race victories up to 10 km since 1996. Yatskaya's best individual World Cup finish was sixth in a sprint event in February 2010 in Canada
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.
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* * 1978 births Living people People from Urzhar District Sportspeople from East Kazakhstan Region Cross-country skiers at the 1998 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Kazakhstani female cross-country skiers Tour de Ski skiers Olympic cross-country skiers for Kazakhstan Asian Games medalists in cross-country skiing Cross-country skiers at the 1996 Asian Winter Games Cross-country skiers at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Cross-country skiers at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Cross-country skiers at the 2011 Asian Winter Games Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan Asian Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan Asian Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 1996 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2011 Asian Winter Games Universiade medalists in cross-country skiing Universiade silver medalists for Kazakhstan Competitors at the 2003 Winter Universiade 21st-century Kazakhstani women {{Kazakhstan-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub