Vida Vencienė
Lithuanian cross-country skier (born 1961) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vida Vencienė (maiden name Vida Mogenytė; born 28 May 1961 in Ukmergė) is a former cross-country skier who represented the Soviet Union and later Lithuania from 1988 to 1994. She won a gold medal over 10 km and a bronze over 5 km at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary for the Soviet Union.
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Country | Lithuania | |||||||||||||||||
Born | (1961-05-28) May 28, 1961 (age 63) Ukmergė, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||
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Seasons | 1986–1989, 1992–1994 | |||||||||||||||||
Starts | 32 | |||||||||||||||||
Podiums | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Wins | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 – (5th in 1988) | |||||||||||||||||
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Her best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was seventh in the 30 km event in 1989. She also finished second in a 10 km event in a World Cup event in Leningrad in 1988.