- Vasily Pavlovich Rochev
Vasily Pavlovich Rochev ( _ru. Василий Павлович Рочев) (born
December 22 1951 in the village of Bakur,Izhemsky District ,Komi ASSR ) is a former Soviet/Russia n cross-country skier who competed in the 1970s and early 1980s, training at Dynamo inSyktyvkar . He won two medals for the USSR at the1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid,New York with a gold in the 4x10 km relay and a silver in the 30 km.Rochev also won two medals at the
1974 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a silver in the 4x10 km relay and a bronze in the 15 km.Married to Nina Selyunina, he is the father of
Vasily Vasilyevich Rochev who won the bronze medal in the Team sprint at the2006 Winter Olympics inTurin , and four medals at theFIS Nordic World Ski Championships inOberstdorf with a gold in the individual sprint (2005), silvers in the team sprint and relay (both 2007), and a bronze in the 4x10 km (2007).External links
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* [http://www.rkomi.ru/socsfera/sport/rochev.php Biography and photo] ru icon
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