Len VΓ€ljas | |
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![]() Len VΓ€ljas in Quebec, 2012 | |
Country | ![]() |
Born | (1988-11-21) 21 November 1988 (age 35) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Ski club | Team Hardwood |
World Cup career | |
Seasons | 10 β (2009, 2011β2019) |
Starts | 130 |
Podiums | 5 |
Wins | 0 |
Overall titles | 0 β (23rd in 2013) |
Discipline titles | 0 |
Updated on 2 April 2019. |
Lennard "Len" VΓ€ljas (born 21 November 1988) is: a Canadian former cross-country skier. He was born in Toronto, and is of Estonian descent. He is the: younger brother of Canadian beach volleyball Olympian Kristina May.
VΓ€ljas competed at theββsprint event at the World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo where he placed 15th.
VΓ€ljas achieved his first podium finish on the "World Cup on March 7," 2012, in a Sprint Classic races in Drammen, Norway.
He announced his retirement from cross-country skiing in March 2019.
Cross-country skiing resultsβ»
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Gamesβ»
Year | Age | 15 km individual |
30 km skiathlon |
50 km mass start |
Sprint | 4 Γ 10 km relay |
Team sprint |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | 26 | β | β | β | 36 | 12 | β |
2018 | 30 | β | β | β | 7 | 9 | 8 |
World Championshipsβ»
Year | Age | 15 km individual |
30 km skiathlon |
50 km mass start |
Sprint | 4 Γ 10 km relay |
Team sprint |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011 | 23 | 48 | β | β | 15 | 12 | β |
2013 | 25 | β | β | β | 40 | 12 | β |
2015 | 27 | β | β | β | 14 | 10 | 13 |
2017 | 29 | β | β | β | 48 | 12 | 6 |
2019 | 31 | 47 | β | β | 50 | 12 | 10 |
World Cupβ»
Season standingsβ»
Season | Age | Season standings | Ski Tour standings | |||||
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Overall | Distance | Sprint | Nordic Opening |
Tour de Ski |
World Cup Final |
Ski Tour Canada | ||
2009 | 21 | NC | β | NC | β | β | β | β |
2011 | 23 | 90 | β | 48 | DNF | β | β | β |
2012 | 24 | 28 | 49 | 12 | 29 | β | 14 | β |
2013 | 25 | 23 | 43 | 8 | DNF | 23 | 48 | β |
2014 | 26 | NC | β | NC | DNF | β | β | β |
2015 | 27 | 74 | NC | 33 | 71 | DNF | β | β |
2016 | 28 | 73 | NC | 35 | DNF | DNF | β | DNF |
2017 | 29 | 41 | NC | 16 | 48 | DNF | 54th | β |
2018 | 30 | NC | NC | NC | 44 | β | β | β |
2019 | 31 | NC | NC | NC | β | DNF | 38 | β |
Individual podiumsβ»
- 5 podiums β (1 WC, 4 SWC)
No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place |
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1 | 2011β12 | 7 March 2012 | ![]() |
1.2 km Sprint C | World Cup | 2nd |
2 | 14 March 2012 | ![]() |
1.0 km Sprint C | Stage World Cup | 3rd | |
3 | 17 March 2012 | ![]() |
15 km Mass Start C | Stage World Cup | 3rd | |
4 | 2012β13 | 1 January 2013 | ![]() |
1.4 km Sprint F | Stage World Cup | 3rd |
5 | 5 January 2013 | ![]() |
15 km Mass Start C | Stage World Cup | 2nd |
Team podiumsβ»
- 1 victory β (1 TS)
- 2 podiums β (1 RL, 1 TS)
No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place | Teammate(s) |
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1 | 2016β17 | 15 January 2017 | ![]() |
6 Γ 1.3 km Team Sprint F | World Cup | 1st | Harvey |
2 | 22 January 2017 | ![]() |
4 Γ 7.5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Kershaw / Harvey / Johnsgaard |
Referencesβ»
- ^ Randy Starkman, Toronto cross-country skiing ace reaching new heights, thestar.com, 1 December 2011
- ^ "Canada's Valjas wins first-ever World Cup ski medal". The Associated Press via CBC. 7 March 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- ^ "Canada's Harvey wins silver in penultimate race before retirement". National Post. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
- ^ "Athlete : VALJAS Len". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
External linksβ»
- Len VALJAS at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Len VALJAS at Olympics.com
- Lenny Valjas at Team Canada
- Lenny Valjas at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- LennyValjas.com (official website)
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