Alexey Prokurorov
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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 | |
Alexey Alexeyevich Prokurorov (Russian: Алексе́й Алексе́евич Прокуро́ров; born March 25, 1964 in the village of Mishino, Vladimir Oblast) is a former Soviet/Russian cross-country skier who competed in the late 1980s and 1990s for both the Soviet Union and Russia. Prokurorov won a gold medal in the 30 km freestyle and a silver medal in the 4x10 km at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. He also won the 50 km event twice at the Holmenkollen ski festival (1993, 1998).
Prokurorov'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, 4x10 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).
Prokourorov retired after the 2001/2002 season. As of 2007, he is coach for Natalya Matveyeva, 2006-07 Cross country skiing World Cup leader in the women's sprint category heading into the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo.
[edit] External links
- FIS Profile (As Alexi Prokourorov)
- Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
- Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
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 Prokurorov * 1992: Vegard Ulvang * 1994: Thomas Alsgaard * 1998: Mika Myllylä * 2002: Christian Hoffmann
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 Prokurorov * 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
