Oleksandr Mykhailovych Batyuk (; born 14 January 1960) is a former Soviet cross-country skier who competed in the 1980s, training at Dynamo in Chernihiv. He won a silver in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. He is a member of the Ski Federation of Ukraine and the only Olympian of the federation who received medal at Olympics.
Batyuk also won two medals in the 4 × 10 km relay at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold in 1982 (tied with Norway) and a silver in 1987.
His best individual finish was sixth twice in the World Cup (1984, 1986).
He was born in Chernihiv, Soviet Union.
Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games 1 medal – (1 silver) Year Age 15 km 30 km 50 km 4 × 10 km relay 1984 24 10 — 16 Silver 1988 28 15 — — —
World Championships 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver) Year Age 15 km 30 km 50 km 4 × 10 km relay 1982 22 5 — 4 Gold 1985 25 13 14 11 6 1987 27 8 — — Silver
World Cup
Season standings Season Age Overall 1982 22 25 1983 23 13 1984 24 26 1985 25 15 1986 26 37 1987 27 14 1988 28 36
Team podiums 1 victory 4 podiums No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates1 1981–8225 February 1982 Oslo, Norway 4 × 10 km Relay World Championships 1st Nikitin / Burlakov / Zavyalov2 1983–84 16 February 1984 Sarajevo, Yugoslavia 4 × 10 km Relay Olympic Games 2nd Zavyalov / Nikitin / Zimyatov3 1986–8717 February 1987 Oberstdorf, West Germany 4 × 10 km Relay F World Championships 2nd Smirnov / Devyatyarov / Sakhnov4 8 March 1987 Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C World Cup 2nd Sakhnov / Uschkalenko / Prokurorov
Note: Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Winter Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.
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