Sergey Savelyev
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| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's cross country skiing | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1976 Innsbruck | 30 km | |
| Bronze | 1976 Innsbruck | 4 x 10 km | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 1978 Lahti | 30 km | |
Sergey Petrovich Savelyev (Russian: Серге́й Петро́вич Саве́льев; born December 26, 1948 in Raychikhinsk) is a retired Russian cross country skier who represented the USSR.
Savelyev trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. He won two medals a the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck with a gold in the 30 km and a bronze in the 4x10 km. Savelyev also won the 30 km event at the 1978 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti. Savelyev was awarded Order of the Badge of Honor (1976).
[edit] External links
- FIS Profile
- Biography (Russian)
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
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