- Mikhail Devyatyarov
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Medal record Men's cross country skiing Olympic Games Gold 1988 Calgary 15 km Silver 1988 Calgary 4 × 10 km World Championships Silver 1987 Oberstdorf 4 × 10 km Bronze 1987 Oberstdorf 15 km Mikhail Talgatovich Devyatyarov (Russian: Михаи́л Талга́тович Девятья́ров; born February 25, 1959 in Chusovoy) is a former Soviet/Russian cross country skier who competed from 1982 to 1992, training at Armed Forces sports society in Perm. He took the gold medal in the 15 km classical and the silver medal in the 4×10 km relay at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.
Devyatyarov also won two medals at the 1987 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a silver in the 4×10 km relay and a bronze in the 15 km. He has taken two World cup victories.
Devyatyarov's son, Mikhail, Jr., is an active cross country skier who won his first World Cup race in the men's sprint event at Stockholm on March 21, 2007.
References
Olympic champions in men's 18 km/15 km cross-country 18 km 1924: Thorleif Haug (NOR) · 1928: Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR) · 1932: Sven Utterström (SWE) · 1936: Erik August Larsson (SWE) · 1948: Martin Lundström (SWE) · 1952: Hallgeir Brenden (NOR)
15 km 1956: Hallgeir Brenden (NOR) · 1960: Håkon Brusveen (NOR) · 1964: Eero Mäntyranta (FIN) · 1968: Harald Grønningen (NOR) · 1972: Sven-Åke Lundbäck (SWE) · 1976: Nikolay Bazhukov (URS) · 1980: Thomas Wassberg (SWE) · 1984: Gunde Svan (SWE) · 1988: Mikhail Devyatyarov (URS) · 1992–1998 not held · 2002: Andrus Veerpalu (EST) · 2006: Andrus Veerpalu (EST) · 2010: Dario Cologna (SUI)
Categories:- 1959 births
- Living people
- People from Chusovoy
- Soviet cross-country skiers
- Russian cross-country skiers
- Cross-country skiers at the 1988 Winter Olympics
- Olympic cross-country skiers of the Soviet Union
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
- Soviet Winter Olympic medalist stubs
- Russian cross-country skiing biography stubs
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