# Vasily Rochev (skier, born 1980)

Vasily Vasilyevich Rochev (Russian: Василий Васильевич Рочев; 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 | DSQ | — |

### World Cup
#### Season standings

| Season | Age | Discipline standings | Discipline standings | Discipline standings | Discipline standings | Discipline standings | Ski Tour standings | Ski Tour standings |
| Season | Age | 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 | 5 | 38 |
| 2010 | 29 | 78 | 65 | — | — | 64 | — | — |

#### Individual podiums

* 2 victories – (2 WC)
* 8 podiums – (7 WC, 1 SWC)
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place |
| 1 | 2002–03 | 30 November 2002 | Rukatunturi, Finland | 15 km Individual C | World Cup | 1st |
| 2 | 2004–05 | 20 November 2004 | Gällivare, Sweden | 15 km Individual C | World Cup | 3rd |
| 3 | 2004–05 | 28 November 2004 | Rukatunturi, Finland | 15 km Individual C | World Cup | 2nd |
| 4 | 2005–06 | 7 January 2006 | Otepää, Estonia | 15 km Individual C | World Cup | 1st |
| 5 | 2005–06 | 8 January 2006 | Otepää, Estonia | 1.5 km Sprint C | World Cup | 3rd |
| 6 | 2005–06 | 22 January 2006 | Oberstdorf, Germany | 1.2 km Sprint C | World Cup | 3rd |
| 7 | 2006–07 | 28 January 2007 | Otepää, Estonia | 1.2 km Sprint C | World Cup | 2nd |
| 8 | 2008–09 | 29 December 2008 | Prague, Czech Republic | 1.3 km Sprint F | Stage World Cup | 2nd |

#### Team podiums

* 3 victories – (1 RL, 2 TS)
* 9 podiums – (5 RL, 4 TS
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place | Teammate(s) |
| 1 | 2001–02 | 27 November 2001 | Kuopio, Finland | 4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Ivanov / Bolshakov / Vilisov |
| 2 | 2003–04 | 15 February 2004 | Oberstdorf, Germany | 6 × 1.2 km Team Sprint F | World Cup | 3rd | Alypov |
| 3 | 2003–04 | 6 March 2004 | Lahti, Finland | 6 × 1.0 km Team Sprint C | World Cup | 1st | Pankratov |
| 4 | 2004–05 | 5 December 2004 | Bern, Switzerland | 6 × 1.1 km Team Sprint F | World Cup | 1st | Alypov |
| 5 | 2004–05 | 15 December 2004 | Asiago, Italy | 6 × 1.2 km Team Sprint C | World Cup | 2nd | Pankratov |
| 6 | 2006–07 | 19 November 2006 | Gällivare, Sweden | 4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Pankratov / Legkov / Dementyev |
| 7 | 2006–07 | 17 December 2006 | La Clusaz, France | 4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 1st | Pankratov / Legkov / Dementyev |
| 8 | 2006–07 | 25 March 2007 | Falun, Sweden | 4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Pankratov / Legkov / Vylegzhanin |
| 9 | 2007–08 | 25 November 2007 | Beitostølen, Norway | 4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Pankratov / Legkov / Dementyev |