Alexey Prokourorov
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's cross country skiing | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1988 Calgary | 30 km | |
| Silver | 1988 Calgary | 4 x 10 km | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1997 Trondheim | 30 km | |
| Silver | 1997 Trondheim | 10 km | |
| Bronze | 1989 Lahti | 50 km | |
| Bronze | 1993 Falun | 4 x 10 km | |
| Bronze | 1995 Thunder Bay | 30 km | |
| Bronze | 1997 Trondheim | 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit | |
Aleksey Alekseevich Prokourorov (Russian:Алексей Алексеевич Прокуроров) (born March 25, 1964 in village Mishino, Vladimir Oblast) is a former Soviet/Russia cross-country skier who competed in the late 1980's and 1990's for both the Soviet Union and Russia. Prokourorov won a gold medal in the 30 km freestyle and a silver medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. He also won the 50 km event twice at the Holmenkollen ski festival (1993, 1998).
Prokourorov's biggest successes were at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, where he earned a total of six medals. This included one gold (30 km: 1997), one silver (10 km: 1997), and four bronzes (50 km: 1989, 4 x 10 km: 1993, 30 km: 1995, 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit: 1997).
He received the Holmenkollen medal in 1998 (shared with Fred Børre Lundberg, Larissa Lazutina, and Harri Kirvesniemi).
He retired after the 2001/02 season.
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| Olympic champions in men's 30 km cross-country skiing |
| 1956: Veikko Hakulinen | 1960: Sixten Jernberg | 1964: Eero Mäntyranta | 1968: Franco Nones | 1972: Vyacheslav Vedenin | 1976: Sergey Savelyev | 1980: Nikolay Zimyatov | 1984: Nikolay Zimyatov | 1988: Alexey Prokourorov | 1992: Vegard Ulvang | 1994: Thomas Alsgaard | 1998: Mika Myllylä | 2002: Christian Hoffmann |
| World champions in men's 30 km cross-country skiing |
| 1926: Matti Raivio | 1954: Vladimir Kuzin | 1958: Kalevi Hämäläinen | 1962: Eero Mäntyranta | 1966: Eero Mäntyranta | 1970: Vyacheslav Vedenin | 1974: Thomas Magnusson | 1978: Sergey Savelyev | 1982: Thomas Eriksson | 1985: Gunde Svan | 1987: Thomas Wassberg | 1989: Vladimir Smirnov | 1991: Gunde Svan | 1993: Bjørn Dæhlie | 1995: Vladimir Smirnov | 1997: Alexey Prokourorov | 1999: Mika Myllylä | 2001: Andrus Veerpalu | 2003: Thomas Alsgaard |
| Preceded by Bjarte Engen Vik, Stefania Belmondo, & Bjørn Dæhlie |
Holmenkollen medal with Fred Børre Lundberg, Larissa Lazutina, & Harri Kirvesniemi 1998 |
Succeeded by Kazuyoshi Funaki |
Categories: 1964 births | Competitors at the 1988 Winter Olympics | Holmenkollen medalists | Holmenkollen winners | Living people | Olympic cross-country skiers of the Soviet Union | Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union | Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union | Russian cross-country skiers | Soviet cross-country skiers
