Fyodor Simashev

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Medal record
Olympic Games
Men's cross country skiing
Gold 1972 Sapporo 4 x 10 km
Silver 1972 Sapporo 15 km
World Championships
Gold 1970 Vysoké Tatry 4 x 10 km
Silver 1974 Falun 4 x 10 km
Bronze 1970 Vysoké Tatry 15 km

Fyodor Petrovich Simashev (Russian: Федор Петрович Симашев) (born March 13, 1945) was a Soviet/Russian cross-country skier who competed in the early 1970's, training at Dynamo in Moscow. He won the 4 x 10 km gold and the 15 km silver at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo for the USSR.

Simashev also won a complete set of medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, earning a gold medal in the 4 x 10 km (1970), a silver in the 4 x 10 km (1974), and a bronze in the 15 km (1970).

He was awarded Order of the Badge of Honor (1972).

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