Yevgeny Belyayev

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Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Olympic Games
Gold 1980 Lake Placid 4 x 10 km
Silver 1976 Innsbruck 15 km
Bronze 1976 Innsbruck 4 x 10 km
World Championships
Silver 1978 Lahti 15 km
Silver 1978 Lahti 50 km

Yevgeny Belyayev (Russian: Евге́ний Беля́ев) (March 20, 1954 - March 15, 2003) was a Soviet/Russian cross-country skier who competed from 1976 to 1980, representing the USSR at the international level. Belyayev trained at VSS Trud in Leningrad. He won the 15 km silver and the 4x10 km bronze at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, then followed it with a 4x10 km gold at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York.

Belyayev also won two silvers at the 1978 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in the 15 km and the 50 km.

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