- Nikolay Kruglov
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Medal record Competitor for Soviet Union Men’s biathlon Olympic Games Gold 1976 Innsbruck 4 × 7.5 km relay Gold 1976 Innsbruck 20 km individual World championship Gold 1977 Lillehammer 4 x 7.5 km relay Gold 1975 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km sprint Gold 1974 Minsk 4 x 7.5 km relay Silver 1977 Lillehammer 10 km sprint Silver 1975 Antholz-Anterselva 4 x 7.5 km relay Silver 1975 Antholz-Anterselva 20 km individual Bronze 1979 Ruhpolding 4 x 7.5 km relay Bronze 1976 Antholz-Anterselva 10 km sprint Nikolay Konstantinovich Kruglov (Russian: Никола́й Константи́нович Кругло́в; born January 31, 1950 in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) is a former Soviet Union biathlete.[1] At the 1976 Olympics in Innsbruck he won gold medals in the 20 km individual and with the men's relay team. He became world champion in the sprint event at the 1975 World Championships in Antholz.
His son, Nikolay Kruglov, Jr., is also a biathlete.
Notes
- ^ "A Golden Day For Sheila Young; Russians Beat US Hockey Team". Daytona Beach Sunday News-Journal. February 6, 1976. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vk0gAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jcoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4742,2002853&dq=nikolay-kruglov+gold-medal&hl=en.
Olympic champions in men's biathlon – 20 km individual 1960: Klas Lestander (SWE) · 1964: Vladimir Melanin (URS) · 1968: Magnar Solberg (NOR) · 1972: Magnar Solberg (NOR) · 1976: Nikolay Kruglov (URS) · 1980: Anatoly Alyabyev (URS) · 1984: Peter Angerer (FRG) · 1988: Frank-Peter Roetsch (GDR) · 1992: Eugeni Redkine (EUN) · 1994: Sergey Tarasov (RUS) · 1998: Halvard Hanevold (NOR) · 2002: Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) · 2006: Michael Greis (GER) · 2010: Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR)
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