Alexey Poltoranin

Alexey Poltoranin
Poltoranin at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Personal information
Born (1987-04-29) 29 April 1987
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
Country Kazakhstan
SportSkiing
World Cup career
Seasons14 – (2005, 20072019)
Indiv. starts184
Indiv. podiums27
Indiv. wins11
Team starts20
Team podiums1
Team wins0
Overall titles0 – (4th in 2013)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Kazakhstan
World Championships
2013 Val di Flemme Team sprint
2013 Val di Flemme 50 km classical
U23 World Championships
2008 Mals 15 km classical
2009 Praz de Lys-Sommand 15 km freestyle
Junior World Championships
2004 Stryn 4 × 10 km relay
2007 Tarvisio 10 km freestyle
Asian Winter Games
2011 Astana-Almaty Individual sprint
2011 Astana-Almaty Team sprint
2011 Astana-Almaty 30 km pursuit
2011 Astana-Almaty 4 × 10 km relay
2007 Changchun Individual sprint
2011 Astana-Almaty 10 km classical
Updated on 20 November 2021

Alexey Yurevich Poltoranin (Kazakh: Алексей Юрьевич Полтаранин, born 29 April 1987) is a Kazakh cross-country skier who has competed at the international senior level since 2004. He has three World Cup wins, one in 2010 and two in 2013. In the 2013 World Championship in Val di Fiemme he won two bronze medals. Most of his best results are in the classic technique.

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2019 Poltoranin was one of five athletes caught doping by Bundeskriminalamt in a police raid in Seefeld, Austria. He was arrested before the start of the 15 kilometre classical race. He admitted to using blood doping.

His wife is biathlete Olga Poltoranina.