- Vladimir Alikin
Vladimir Alexandrovich Alikin ( _ru. Влади́мир Алекса́ндрович Аликин) (born
May 10 ,1957 in the village of Dolgy Mot near the settlement of Novoilyinsky,Nytvensky District ,Perm Oblast ) is a retired Soviet/Russia n biathlete.Alikin began
cross-country skiing in 1969 atChildren and Youth Sport School and biathlon - in 1977. Since 1979 he trained at the Armed Forces sports society inMoscow . At the 1980 Olympics inLake Placid, New York Alikin won a gold medal with the USSR relay team and he also won a silver medal in the sprint event. In the World Championships he has four medals: bronze in 10 km sprint in 1982, and three relay bronze medals in 1979, 1981, and 1982. He also won the 1980Biathlon World Cup in 10km sprint and USSR Championships in the same event.ru icon Great Olympic Encyclopedia, vol.1-2, Moscow:Olympia Press Publisher, 2006, entry on "Владимир Аликин", available [http://slovari.yandex.ru/dict/olympic/article/olymp/ol11/ol1-0144.htm online] ]References
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