- Nikolay Zimyatov
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Medal record 
Zimyatov (left) in 2008.Men's cross country skiing Olympic Games Gold 1980 Lake Placid 30 km Gold 1980 Lake Placid 50 km Gold 1980 Lake Placid 4 x 10 km Gold 1984 Sarajevo 30 km Silver 1984 Sarajevo 4 x 10 km World Championships Silver 1978 Lahti 30 km Nikolay Semyonovich Zimyatov (Russian: Никола́й Семёнович Зимя́тов; born 28 July 1955 in Moscow), name also spelled Nikolaj Zimjatov, was one of the most successful Soviet/Russian male cross-country skiers ever. He trained at Spartak and later at the Armed Forces sports society. He was the first man in the sport to win three gold medals at a single Winter Olympics, winning in the 30 km, 50 km, and 4 x 10 km relay at the 1980 Lake Placid Games. He also won the 30 km event at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo and was awarded Order of Friendship of Peoples that year. [1]
Zimyatov also earned a silver in the 30 km at the 1978 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti.
References
- ^ (in Russian) Panorama of the 1984 Sports Year. Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. 1985. p. 37.
- Encyclopedia Britannica on Nikolay Zimyatov
- Nikolaj Zimjatov at the International Ski Federation
- (Russian) Biography and photos
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)Olympic champions in men's 50 km cross-country 1924: Thorleif Haug (NOR) * 1928: Per-Erik Hedlund (SWE) * 1932: Veli Saarinen (FIN) * 1936: Elis Wiklund (SWE) * 1948: Nils Karlsson (SWE) * 1952: Veikko Hakulinen (FIN) * 1956: Sixten Jernberg (SWE) * 1960: Kalevi Hämäläinen (FIN) * 1964: Sixten Jernberg (SWE) * 1968: Ole Ellefsæter (NOR) * 1972: Pål Tyldum (NOR) * 1976: Ivar Formo (NOR) * 1980: Nikolay Zimyatov (URS) * 1984: Thomas Wassberg (SWE) * 1988: Gunde Svan (SWE) * 1992: Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) * 1994: Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ) * 1998: Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) * 2002: Mikhail Ivanov (RUS) * 2006: Giorgio Di Centa (ITA) * 2010: Petter Northug (NOR)Categories:- 1955 births
- Living people
- Olympic cross-country skiers of the Soviet Union
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- Soviet cross-country skiers
- Spartak athletes
- Russian cross-country skiers
- Cross-country skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics
- Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
- Soviet Winter Olympic medalist stubs
- Russian cross-country skiing biography stubs
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