Vasily Vasilyevich Rochev (russian: Василий Васильевич Рочев; born 23 October 1980 in Syktyvkar,

Komi ASSR The Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (russian: Коми Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика; kv, Коми Автономнӧй Сӧветскӧй Социалистическӧй ...

Russian SFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

) is a Russian cross-country skier who has competed since 2000. He won the bronze medal in the Team sprint event at the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second ...

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. Rochev has four medals at the

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships is a biennial nordic skiing event organized by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The World Championships was started in 1925 for men and opened for women's participation in 1954. World Championship eve ...

with a gold (Individual sprint: 2005), two silvers (Team sprint and 4x10 km: both 2007), and one bronze (4x10 km: 2005). He has won fourteen events in cross-country skiing since 2002. He is the son of Vasily Rochev who won two medals at the

1980 Winter Olympics The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from February 13 to 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York, United States. Lake Placid was elected ...

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(gold: 4 x 10 km, silver: 30 km), and two medals at the

1974 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1974 took place 16–24 February 1974 in Falun, Sweden. This was the second time this city hosted the event having done so in 1954. The women's 3 × 5 km relay changed to a 4 × 5 km relay at these ...

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(silver: 4 x 10 km, bronze: 15 km). He is the second husband of fellow Russian cross-country skier Yuliya Chepalova, who gave birth to her second child Vaselina in April 2007. Chepalova had another child in 2003 from a previous marriage.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

* 1 medal – (1 bronze)

World Championships

* 5 medals – (1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze)

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

*2 victories – (2 ) *8 podiums – (7 , 1 )

Team podiums

* 3 victories – (1 , 2 ) * 9 podiums – (5 , 4

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Rochev, Vasily 1980 births Living people Russian male cross-country skiers Cross-country skiers at the 2002 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic cross-country skiers for Russia Medalists at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing Olympic bronze medalists for Russia FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing People from Syktyvkar Sportspeople from the Komi Republic