- Alexander Tikhonov
Alexander Ivanovich Tikhonov ( _ru. Александр Иванович Тихонов) (born
January 2 ,1947 in the village of Uyskoye, Kolkhozny District,Chelyabinsk Oblast ) is a retiredRussia n biathlete who represented the USSR. Tikhonov trained at Dynamo inNovosibirsk . He is one of the most winning biathletes of all time, with nine world championship gold medals and four Olympic gold medals. He misses an individual Olympic gold medal in his cupboard, but was taking part to take relay gold medals in 1968, 1972, 1976, and 1980.He was awarded
Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1976) andOrder of the Red Star (1969). In May 2002, he was chosen as vice president in the International Biathlon Union (IBU). He lived inAustria for several years in the early 2000s.In 2000, he was accused of participating in planning a murder of
Kemerovo Oblast governorAman Tuleyev . According to the prosecution, a businessman named Mikhail Zhivilo and his company MIKOM had a business conflict with Tuleyev, and Zhivilo decided to organize Tuleyev's murder as revenge. Zhivilo knew Tikhonov and, allegedly, asked him for help. Tikhonov got him in touch with his younger brother, Viktor Tikhonov, who found two potential killers—Vladimir Kharchenko and Sergey Nikanorov. Kharchenko and Nikanorov went to FSB and told them about the murder plans. Viktor Tikhonov was convicted in 2002 to four years of imprisonment. Since Alexander Tikhonov lived in Austria for several years, he was indicted separately from the other accused. OnJuly 23 ,2007 , he was found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder and sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment. However, he was amnestied immediately and will not spend any time in prison. [ [http://lenta.ru/news/2007/07/23/tikhonov/ Aleksandr Tikhonov Amnestied by the Court] ]Achievements
*World Championships
**1967 - Silver on the relay
**1969 - Gold medal on the 20 km and the relay
**1970 - Gold medal on the 20 km and the relay
**1971 - Gold medal on the 20 km, silver on the relay
**1973 - Gold medal on the 20 km and the relay
**1974 - Gold medal on the relay
**1975 - Gold medal on the relay
**1977 - Gold medal on the 10 km and on the relay, silver on the 20 km
**1979 - Silver medal in the 20 km and bronze in the relayExternal links
*ru icon [http://www.biograph.comstar.ru/bank/tikhonov_ai.htm Biography]
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