# Alyona Sidko

Alyona Viktorovna Sidko (Russian: Алёна Ви́кторовна Сидько́; born 20 September 1979, Krasnoyarsk) is a Russian cross-country skier who competed between 2000 and 2013.
Sidko won a bronze medal in the Individual Sprint at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. She also won a bronze in the Team sprint (with Yuliya Chepalova) at the 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf and had her best individual finish of 12th in the Individual sprint in 2003. Sidko has nineteen wins at various levels in distances in up to 10 km since 2002. She took the 2007–08 season off due to pregnancy but returned for the 2008–09 season.
Sidko was banned from competing at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics for breaking anti-doping rules. She had tested positive for EPO at a race in Krasnogorsk 26 December 2009 and was subsequently banned from competing in the sport for two years.

## Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

### Olympic Games

* 1 medal – (1 bronze)
| Year | Age | 10 km  individual | 15 km  skiathlon | 30 km  mass start | Sprint | 4 × 5 km  relay | Team  sprint |
| 2006 | 26 | — | — | — | Bronze | — | 6 |

### World Championships

* 1 medal – (1 bronze)
| Year | Age | 10 km  individual | 15 km  skiathlon | 30 km  mass start | Sprint | 4 × 5 km  relay | Team  sprint |
| 2005 | 25 | — | — | — | 13 | — | Bronze |
| 2007 | 27 | — | — | 27 | 30 | 7 | — |
| 2009 | 29 | 17 | — | — | 43 | 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 | 20 | NC | — | NC | NC | — | — | — |
| 2001 | 21 | 101 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2002 | 22 | 45 | — | — | — | 40 | — | — |
| 2003 | 23 | 25 | — | — | — | 15 | — | — |
| 2004 | 24 | 20 | 29 | — | — | 16 | — | — |
| 2005 | 25 | 29 | 37 | — | — | 19 | — | — |
| 2006 | 26 | 23 | 37 | — | — | 16 | — | — |
| 2007 | 27 | 28 | 31 | — | — | 23 | 29 | — |
| 2009 | 29 | 26 | 28 | — | — | 30 | — | 19 |
| 2010 | 30 | 100 | 75 | — | — | NC | DSQ | — |

#### Individual podiums

* 1 victory
* 2 podiums
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place |
| 1 | 2003–04 | 25 October 2003 | Düsseldorf, Germany | 0.8 km Sprint F | World Cup | 2nd |
| 2 | 2005–06 | 30 December 2005 | Nové Město, Czech Republic | 1.2 km Sprint F | World Cup | 1st |

#### Team podiums

* 6 podiums – (3 RL, 3 TS)
| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place | Teammate(s) |
| 1 | 2001–02 | 27 November 2001 | Kuopio, Finland | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Yegorova / Burukhina / Gavrylyuk |
| 2 | 2001–02 | 16 December 2001 | Davos, Switzerland | 4 × 5 Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Rocheva / Burukhina / Schastlivaya |
| 3 | 2002–03 | 14 February 2003 | Asiago, Italy | 6 × 1.4 km Team Sprint F | World Cup | 2nd | Korostelyova |
| 4 | 2003–04 | 26 October 2003 | Düsseldorf, Germany | 6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F | World Cup | 2nd | Hahina |
| 5 | 2003–04 | 23 November 2003 | Beitostølen, Norway | 4 × 5 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Hahina / Vorontsova / Zavyalova |
| 6 | 2005–06 | 23 October 2005 | Düsseldorf, Germany | 6 × 0.8 km Team Sprint F | World Cup | 3rd | Matveyeva |