Alexey Prokurorov

Men's cross country skiing
Medal record
Prokurorov (left) in 2002.
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; March 25, 1964 – October 10, 2008) was a Soviet/Russian cross-country skier who competed in the late 1980s and 1990s for both the Soviet Union and Russia.

Prokurorov was born in the village of Mishino of Vladimir Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.

Prokurorov's biggest successes winning a gold medal in the 30 km freestyle and a silver medal in the 4x10 km at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, Prokurorov 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 also won the 50 km event twice at the Holmenkollen ski festival (1993, 1998). He also won the Russian championship title 13 times.

Prokurorov received the Holmenkollen medal, the highest Norwegian skiing award in 1998 (shared with Fred Børre Lundberg, Larissa Lazutina and Harri Kirvesniemi).^[1]

Prokourorov was a flag bearer of Russian team at the 1998 Winter Olympics and 2002 Winter Olympics.^[2]

Prokourorov retired after the 2001/2002 season at the age of 39. After retirement, was Chief coach of the Russian women cross country skiing team. He received state honors for his services to sports.

He died in a road accident in Vladimir on October 10, 2008, when he was hit by a car driven by a drunk man^[3] as he was crossing the road.^[4]^[5]

References

^ Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (Norwegian)
^ Alexi Prokourorov at the International Ski Federation
^ Убийцу Прокуророва ждет суд, gazeta.ru
^ Олимпийский чемпион Алексей Прокуроров погиб в ДТП, gazeta.ru.
^ "Former Olympic champion skier Alexei Prokurorov dies at age 44". The Canadian Press (Moscow). 2008-10-10. http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5g28-Sittqbk-B9U-uEqYdKj8DegA. Retrieved 2008-10-11.

Olympic champions in men's 30 km cross-country skiing

1956: Veikko Hakulinen (FIN) * 1960 Sixten Jernberg (SWE) * 1964: Eero Mäntyranta (FRA) * 1968: Franco Nones (ITA) * 1972: Vyacheslav Vedenin (URS) * 1976: Sergey Savelyev (URS) * 1980: Nikolay Zimyatov (URS) * 1984: Nikolay Zimyatov (URS) * 1988: Alexey Prokurorov (URS) * 1992: Vegard Ulvang (NOR) * 1994: Thomas Alsgaard (NOR) * 1998: Mika Myllylä (FIN) * 2002: Christian Hoffmann (AUT)

World champions in men's 30 km cross-country skiing

1926: Matti Raivio (FIN) * 1954: Vladimir Kuzin (URS) * 1958: Kalevi Hämäläinen (FIN) * 1962: Eero Mäntyranta (FIN) * 1966: Eero Mäntyranta (FIN) * 1970: Vyacheslav Vedenin (URS) * 1974: Thomas Magnusson (SWE) * 1978: Sergey Savelyev (URS) * 1982: Thomas Eriksson (SWE) * 1985: Gunde Svan (SWE) * 1987: Thomas Wassberg (SWE) * 1989: Vladimir Smirnov (URS) * 1991: Gunde Svan (SWE) * 1993: Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) * 1995: Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ) * 1997: Alexey Prokurorov (RUS) * 1999: Mika Myllylä (FIN) * 2001: Andrus Veerpalu (EST) * 2003: Thomas Alsgaard (NOR)

Holmenkollen Medal

1895: Viktor Thorn (NOR)
1897: Asbjørn Nilssen (NOR)
1899: Paul Braaten (NOR), Robert Pehrson (NOR)
1901: Askel Refstad (NOR)
1903: Karl Hovelsen (NOR)
1904: Harald Smith (NOR)
1905: Jonas Holmen (NOR)
1907: Per Bakken
1908: Einar Kristiansen (NOR)
1909: Thorvald Hansen
1910: Lauritz Bergendahl
1911: Otto Tangen (NOR), Knut Holst (NOR)
1912: Olav Bjaaland (NOR)
1914: Johan Kristoffersen (NOR)
1915: Sverre Østbye (NOR)
1916: Lars Høgvold (NOR)
1918: Hans Horn (NOR), Jørgen Hansen (NOR)
1919: Thorleif Haug (NOR), Otto Aasen (NOR)
1923: Thoralf Strømstad (NOR)
1924: Harald Økern (NOR), Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR)
1925: Einar Landvik (NOR)
1926: Jacob Tullin Thams
1927: Hagbart Haakonsen (NOR), Einar Lindboe (NOR)
1928: Torjus Hemmestveit (NOR), Mikkjel Hemmestveit (NOR)
1931: Hans Vinjarengen (NOR), Ole Stenen (NOR)
1934: Oddbjørn Hagen (NOR)
1935: Arne Rustadstuen (NOR)
1937: Olaf Hoffsbakken (NOR), Birger Ruud (NOR), Martin P. Vangsli (NOR)
1938: Reidar Andersen (NOR), Johan R. Henriksen (NOR)
1939: Sven Selånger (SWE), Lars Bergendahl (NOR), Trygve Brodahl (NOR)
1940: Oscar Gjøslien (NOR), Annar Ryen (NOR)
1947: Elling Rønes (NOR)
1948: Asbjørn Ruud (NOR)
1949: Sigmund Ruud (NOR)
1950: Olav Økern (NOR)
1951: Simon Slåttvik (NOR)
1952: Stein Eriksen (NOR), Torbjørn Falkanger (NOR), Heikki Hasu (FIN), Nils Karlsson (SWE)
1953: Magnar Estenstad (NOR)
1954: Martin Stokken (NOR)
1955: Haakon VII (NOR), Hallgeir Brenden (NOR), Veikko Hakulinen (FIN), Sverre Stenersen (NOR)
1956: Borghild Niskin (NOR), Arnfinn Bergmann (NOR), Arne Hoel (NOR)
1957: Eero Kolehmainen (FIN)
1958: Inger Bjørnbakken (NOR), Håkon Brusveen (NOR)
1959: Gunder Gundersen (NOR)
1960: Helmut Recknagel (GDR), Sixten Jernberg (SWE), Sverre Stensheim (NOR), Tormod Knutsen (NOR)
1961: Harald Grønningen (NOR)
1962: Toralf Engan (NOR)
1963: Alevtina Kolchina (URS), Pavel Kolchin (URS), Astrid Sandvik (NOR), Torbjørn Yggeseth (NOR)
1964: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN), Eero Mäntyranta (FIN), Georg Thoma (FRG), Halvor Næs (NOR)
1965: Arto Tiainen (FIN), Bengt Eriksson (SWE), Arne Larsen (NOR)
1967: Toini Gustafsson (SWE), Ole Ellefsæter (NOR)
1968: Olav V (NOR), Assar Rönnlund (SWE), Gjermund Eggen (NOR), Bjørn Wirkola (NOR)
1969: Odd Martinsen (NOR)
1970: Pål Tyldum (NOR)
1971: Marjatta Kajosmaa (FIN), Berit Mørdre Lammedal (NOR), Reidar Hjermstad (NOR)
1972: Rauno Miettinen (FIN), Magne Myrmo (NOR)
1973: Einar Bergsland (NOR), Ingolf Mork (NOR), Franz Keller (FRG)
1974: Juha Mieto (FIN)
1975: Gerhard Grimmer (GDR), Oddvar Brå (NOR), Ivar Formo (NOR)
1976: Ulrich Wehling (GDR)
1977: Helena Takalo (FIN), Hilkka Kuntola (FIN), Walter Steiner (SUI)
1979: Ingemar Stenmark (SWE), Erik Håker (NOR), Raisa Smetanina (URS)
1980: Thomas Wassberg (SWE)
1981: Johan Sætre (NOR)
1983: Berit Aunli (NOR), Tom Sandberg (NOR)
1984: Lars-Erik Eriksen (NOR), Jakob Vaage (NOR), Armin Kogler (AUT)
1985: Anette Bøe (NOR), Per Bergerud (NOR), Gunde Svan (SWE)
1986: Britt Pettersen (NOR)
1987: Matti Nykänen (FIN), Hermann Weinbuch (FRG)
1989: Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN)
1991: Vegard Ulvang (NOR), Trond Einar Elden (NOR), Ernst Vettori (AUT), Jens Weißflog (GER)
1992: Yelena Välbe (RUS)
1993: Emil Kvanlid (NOR)
1994: Lyubov Yegorova (RUS), Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ), Espen Bredesen (NOR)
1995: Kenji Ogiwara (JPN)
1996: Manuela Di Centa (ITA)
1997: Bjarte Engen Vik (NOR), Stefania Belmondo (ITA), Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR)
1998: Fred Børre Lundberg (NOR), Larisa Lazutina (RUS), Alexey Prokurorov (RUS), Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN)
1999: Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN)
2001: Adam Małysz (POL), Bente Skari (NOR), Thomas Alsgaard (NOR)
2003: Felix Gottwald (AUT), Ronny Ackermann (GER)
2004: Yuliya Chepalova (RUS)
2005: Andrus Veerpalu (EST)
2007: Frode Estil (NOR), Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR), Harald V (NOR), Sonja (NOR), Simon Ammann (SUI)
2010: Marit Bjørgen (NOR)
2011: Janne Ahonen (FIN)

Persondata
Name	Prokurorov, Alexey Alexeyevich
Alternative names
Short description	Cross-country skier
Date of birth	March 25, 1964
Place of birth
Date of death	October 10, 2008
Place of death