When? March 11-15, 2001
Where? FINLAND
Medals won? 1

Voukatti 2001 European Youth Winter Olympic Days

Facts and figures

7 sports, 28 events, and 1111 athletes from 40 nations.

Most medals won (from a total of 15 teams) by: 1. Russia – 16 (11, 3, 2), 2. Finland – 13 (3, 2, 8), 3. Italy – 8 (3, 2, 3), … 15. Lithuania – 1 (0, 1, 0).

Lithuania in the Olympic Days

The Lithuanian athletes were particularly successful in the event and won Lithuania’s first Winter Olympic Days medal.

7 athletes represented Lithuania in Vuokatti. Among them were as many as 4 future Olympians: biathlete Diana Rasimovičiūtė, Alpine skier Vitalijus Rumiancevas, and skiers Aleksejus Novoselskis and Irina Terentjeva.

I. Terentjeva was the one to win Lithuania’s first Winter Olympic Days medal – she placed 2nd in the 10 km race. The athlete also performed well in the sprint event where she placed 9th.

D. Rasimovičiūtė was 19th, A. Novoselskis – 21st, and V. Rumiancevas – 43rd.

Lithuania was among 15 medal-winning countries, while 25 countries did not manage to win any medals.

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