- Valery Medvedtsev
Valery Alekseevitch Medvedtsev (or Valeriy) ( _ru. Валерий Алексеевич Медведцев; born
July 5 ,1964 inIzhevsk ) is a retired Russian biathlete.He trained at the Armed Forces sports society in
Izhevsk . At the 1988 Olympics inCalgary , Medvedtsev, competing for the USSR, won two silver medals on the 10 km sprint and the 20 km individual, and also gold medal on the relay. At the 1992 Olympics inAlbertville he won a silver medal in the relay competition for theUnified Team . In the World Championships, Medvedtsev has three relay medals gold from 1986 inOslo , silver from 1987 in Lake Placid and silver from 1993 inBorovets . And he also has two individual gold medals from the World Championships, gold medals on the 20 km from 1986 inOslo (Holmenkollen ski festival biathlon) and 1989 inFeistritz . He also has one gold medal from the 10 km from 1986 inOslo (Holmenkollen ski festival biathlon).External links
* [http://www.biathlon-holmenkollen.no/ Holmenkollen biathlon information]
* [http://data.biathlonworld.com/data/archives.aspx?IbuId=BTRUS10507196401 IBU Profile]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/profiles/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=71354 IOC Profile]
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