The 1994–95

FIS Cross-Country World Cup The FIS Cross-Country World Cup is an annual cross-country skiing competition, arranged by the International Ski Federation (FIS) since 1981. The competition was arranged unofficially between 1973 and 1981, although it received provisional recogn ...

was a multi-race tournament over a season for cross-country skiers. It was the 14th official

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season in

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for men and women. The World Cup was organised by the

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who also run world cups and championships in

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and

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amongst others.

Bjørn Dæhlie Bjørn Erlend Dæhlie (born 19 June 1967) is a Norwegian businessman and retired cross-country skier. From 1992 to 1999, Dæhlie won the Nordic World Cup six times, finishing second in 1994 and 1998. Dæhlie won a total of 29 medals in the Oly ...

reclaimed the crystal World Cup globe which Vladimir Smirnov had won in the 1993–94 season, thus taking his third overall men's World Cup title in four seasons. Smirnov won more races, with six wins including three during the 1995 World Championships, but Dæhlie was usually the runner-up. Also, one of Smirnov's World Championship wins didn't count towards the overall standings. Silvio Fauner, Harri Kirvesniemi,

Torgny Mogren Torgny Mogren (born 26 July 1963) is a Swedish former cross-country skier who competed from 1984 to 1998. He won the gold medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. His best individual finish was a fifth in the co ...

and

Alexey Prokurorov Alexey Alexeyevich Prokurorov (; 25 March 1964 – 10 October 2008) was a Soviet/Russian cross-country skier who competed in the late 1980s and 1990s for both the Soviet Union and Russia. Career Prokurorov was born in the village of Mishino of ...

also registered World Cup wins during the season. In the women's Cup,

Yelena Välbe Yelena Valeryevna Välbe (, née ''Trubitsyna''; born 20 April 1968) is a Russian former cross-country skier. She won a record 14 gold medals (5 in relays) at the FIS World Championships, including all five golds in the 1997 edition. She also w ...

won the six first events, and eventually won nine of the 15 races including one gold at the World Championships. Russians occupied the top five spots in the women's World Cup, with multiple races having three or more Russians on top of the standings. Only the Lahti 10 km was not won by a Russian skier, and in 11 of the 15 races did Russians occupy the top two spots in the standings. According to the Norwegian publication ''Sportsboken'', the Russian women had not been this dominant since the 1970s.Eriksen et al., p. 29.

Calendar

Men

Women

Men's team

Women's team

Overall results

Below are tables showing the number of points won in the 1994–95 FIS Cross-Country World Cup for men and women. 11 races counted towards the total; the 9 best of the 11 races outside the World Championships, as well as the two best World Championship races.

Men

Women

Achievements

;Victories in this World Cup (all-time number of victories as of 1994/95 season in parentheses) ;Men * , 6 (22) first places * , 5 (24) first places * , 1 (13) first place * , 1 (6) first place * , 1 (5) first place * , 1 (1) first place ;Women * , 9 (33) first places * , 4 (7) first places * , 2 (2) first places * , 1 (4) first place

Notes

References

FIS Official Site World Cup Results
* ''Sportsboken 95-96'', ed. Arvid Eriksen, Schibsted, .

External links

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