Vasily Rochev

Vasily Vasilyevich Rochev (; born 23 October 1980 in Syktyvkar, Komi ASSR, Russian SFSR) is a Russian cross-country skier who has competed since 2000. He won the bronze medal in the Team sprint event at the 2006 Winter Olympics at Turin.

Rochev has four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold (Individual sprint: 2005), two silvers (Team sprint and 4x10 km: both 2007), and one bronze (4x10 km: 2005). He has won fourteen events in cross-country skiing since 2002.

He is the son of Vasily Rochev who won two medals at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York (gold: 4 x 10 km, silver: 30 km), and two medals at the 1974 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun (silver: 4 x 10 km, bronze: 15 km).

He is the second husband of fellow Russian cross-country skier Yuliya Chepalova, who gave birth to their daughter Vaselina in April 2007. Chepalova had another child in 2003 from a previous marriage.

Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games 1 medal – (1 bronze) Year Age 15 km Pursuit 30 km 50 km Sprint 4 × 10 km relay Team sprint 2002 21 25 — — — 28 — 2006 25 4 — — 11 6 Bronze

World Championships 5 medals – (1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze) Year Age 15 km Pursuit 30 km 50 km Sprint 4 × 10 km relay Team sprint 2001 20 24 21 — — — — 2003 22 31 — — — 7 4 2005 24 22 — — Gold Bronze 8 2007 26 — — — 8 Silver Silver 2009 28 19 — — 11 —

World Cup Season standings Season Age Discipline standings Ski Tour standings Overall Distance Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint Tour de Ski World Cup Final 2000 19 84 — — 47 2001 20 102 68 2002 21 50 23 2003 22 20 15 2004 23 32 78 11 2005 24 15 16 22 2006 25 6 19 6 2007 26 23 48 10 — 2008 27 41 39 34 — 51 2009 28 17 28 22 538 2010 29 78 65 64 ——

Individual podiums 2 victories – (2 ) 8 podiums – (7 , 1 )

Team podiums 3 victories – (1 , 2 ) 9 podiums – (5 , 4