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Anatoly Nikolayevich Alyabyev (Russian: Анато́лий Никола́евич Аля́бьев; born December 12, 1951 in the village of Danilkovo, Velsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast) is a retired Russian biathlete, who represented the USSR. He initially trained at Children and Youth Sport School of Spartak in Vologda, but competed as a senior while training at the Armed Forces sports society in Leningrad. At the 1980 Olympics he was, together with Frank Ullrich the dominant biathlete taking gold medals in the 20 km and on the relay and bronze in the 10 km. Alyabyev best season came in 1980–1981, when he became second overall.
Alyabyev was awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1980). He graduated from Lesgaft Military Institute of Physical Culture in 1981 and defended a dissertation for the Candidate of Pedagogical Science degree in 1997.
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Olympic Champions in Men's 4×7.5 km biathlon relay |
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1968: Soviet Union Alexander Tikhonov, Nikolay Puzanov, Viktor Mamatov & Vladimir Gundartsev • 1972: Soviet Union Alexander Tikhonov, Rinnat Safin, Ivan Biakov & Viktor Mamatov • 1976: Soviet Union Aleksandr Yelizarov, Ivan Biakov & Nikolay K. Kruglov, Alexander Tikhonov • 1980: Soviet Union Vladimir Alikin, Alexander Tikhonov, Vladimir Barnachov & Anatoly Alyabyev • 1984: Soviet Union Dmitri Vassiliev, Yuri Kachkarov, Algimantas Šalna & Sergey Bulygin • 1988: Soviet Union Dmitri Vassiliev, Sergey Tchepikov, Alexander Popov & Valery Medvedtsev • 1992: Germany Ricco Groß, Jens Steinigen, Mark Kirchner & Fritz Fischer • 1994: Germany Ricco Groß, Frank Luck, Mark Kirchner & Sven Fischer * 1998: Germany Ricco Groß, Peter Sendel, Sven Fischer & Frank Luck • 2002: Norway Halvard Hanevold, Frode Andresen, Egil Gjelland & Ole Einar Bjørndalen • 2006: Germany Sven Fischer, Michael Greis, Ricco Groß & Michael Rösch |
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