Nikolay Pankratov

Medal record

Pankratov in 2008.
Men's cross country skiing
World Championships
Silver 2007 Sapporo 4 x 10 km
Bronze 2005 Oberstdorf 4 x 10 km

Nikolay Vladimirovich Pankratov (Russian: Николай Владимирович Панкратов) (born December 23, 1982 in Sverdlovsk) is a Russian cross-country skier who has competed since 2001. He won two medals in the 4 x 10 km at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a silver in 2007 and a bronze in 2005, and finished 10th in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit at the 2005 championships in Oberstdorf.

Pankratov also finished eighth in the 4 x 10 km event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. His only individual win was in a 10 km event in Italy in 2003.

Recently Pankratov was caught with the forbidden substance actovegin when crossing the border to Switzerland.

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