Nikolay Zimyatov
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Medal record | |||
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Men's cross country skiing | |||
Olympic Games | |||
Gold | 1980 Lake Placid | 30 km | |
Gold | 1980 Lake Placid | 50 km | |
Gold | 1980 Lake Placid | 4 x 10 km | |
Gold | 1984 Sarajevo | 30 km | |
Silver | 1984 Sarajevo | 4 x 10 km | |
World Championships | |||
Silver | 1978 Lahti | 30 km |
Nikolay Semyonovich Zimyatov (Russian: Николай Семёнович Зимятин) (born 28 July 1955 in Moscow) was one of the most successful Soviet/Russian male cross-country skiers ever. He trained at Spartak and later at the Armed Forces sports society. He was the first man in the sport to win three gold medals at a single Winter Olympics, winning in the 30 km, 50 km, and 4 x 10 km relay at the 1980 Lake Placid Games. He also won the 30 km event at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. And was awarded Order of Friendship of Peoples that year. [1]
Zimyatov also earned a silver in the 30 km at the 1978 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti.
[edit] References
- ^ (1985) Panorama of the 1984 Sports Year (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport, p. 37.
[edit] External links
- Encyclopedia Britannica on Nikolay Zimyatov
- FIS Profile (As Nikolaj Zimjatov)
- (Russian) Biography and photos
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 |
Olympic champions in men's 50 km cross country |
1924: Thorleif Haug | 1928: Per Erik Hedlund | 1932: Veli Saarinen | 1936: Elis Wiklund | 1948: Nils Karlsson | 1952: Veikko Hakulinen | 1956: Sixten Jernberg | 1960: Kalevi Hämäläinen | 1964: Sixten Jernberg | 1968: Ole Ellefsæter | 1972: Pål Tyldum | 1976: Ivar Formo | 1980: Nikolay Zimyatov | 1984: Thomas Wassberg | 1988: Gunde Svan | 1992: Bjørn Dæhlie | 1994: Vladimir Smirnov | 1998: Bjørn Dæhlie | 2002: Mikhail Ivanov | 2006: Giorgio Di Centa |
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