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Valentina Shevchenko started her career in 1989, in 1995 already, she competed at the FIS Nordic Junior World Ski Championships in Breitenwang where she finished 19th over 5 km and 45th over 15 km...Her Wor,d Cup debut came in 1995 in Nove Mesto (60th place over 15 km)...In 1998m Shevchenko took part in her first Olympics whilst her World Championships debut followed in 1999 in Ramsau....After a baby break in 2000/2001 where her son Artem was born, she continued her career with the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City where she finished 5th over 30 km classic...A year later her second World Championships were on the schedule and she took three top ten spots (best result 6th over 10 km classic)...In November 2003, Shevchenko took her first World Cup podium, finishing second in Beitostoelen over 10 km free...A week later the likeable athlete from Urkaine claimed her first World Cup victory in Kuusamo over 10 km classic...During the past years she proofed her skills in long and tough races several times,... she took part in 6 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships and collected 7 top ten places...In total, Shevchenko competed in 4 Olympic Games and made 4 top ten spots.
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Eastern victories at La Sgambeda
Shiriaev (RUS) and Schevchencko (UKR) won the kick off of the World Loppet series in Italy at La...
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| EDUCATION | Sports Academy | ||
| OCCUPATION | Police officer | ||
| FAMILY | Mother,sister | ||
| WHAT ARE YOUR FAMILY DETAILS? | Son: Artem-27.12.2000 Husband: Igor-trainer in sport college | ||
| WHAT LANGUAGES DO YOU SPEAK? | Ukrainian, German, Russian | ||
| THREE BOOKS YOU MUST READ | Bulgakov M.-Wizard and Margarita, V.Gugo, Stendal. | ||
| THREE MOVIES YOU MUST WATCH | Old comedies |