Vida VencienÄ— (maiden name Vida MogenytÄ—; born 28 May 1961 in
UkmergÄ—
Ukmergė (; previously ''Vilkmergė''; pl, Wiłkomierz) is a city in Vilnius County, Lithuania, located northwest of Vilnius, with a population of about 20,000.
Etymology and variant names
The city took its original name ''VilkmergÄ—'' from th ...
) is a former
cross-country skier
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who represented the
Soviet Union
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and later
Lithuania
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from 1988 to 1994. She won a gold medal over 10 km and a bronze over 5 km at the
1988 Winter Olympics
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in
Calgary
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for the Soviet Union.
Her best finish at the
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
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was seventh in the 30 km event in 1989. She also finished second in a 10 km event in a World Cup event in Leningrad in 1988.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the
International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games
* 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 bronze)
World Championships
World Cup
Season standings
Individual podiums
*1 victory
*3 podiums
Note: Until the
1994 Olympics
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, Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.
References
External links
*
1961 births
Living people
Lithuanian female cross-country skiers
Soviet female cross-country skiers
Olympic cross-country skiers of Lithuania
Olympic cross-country skiers of the Soviet Union
Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
Cross-country skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
Venciene
Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics
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