Vladimir Barnachov

Vladimir Mikhaylovich Barnachov ( _ru. Владимир Михайлович Барнашов) (born February 26, 1951 in the village of Ryazany, Muromtsevsky District, Omsk Oblast [http://www.omskportal.ru/default.asp?sidFavorites=1&sidObjectType=2&sidObjectValue=23182 Profile at Omskportal] ] ) is a retired Russian biathlete who competed for the USSR. He trained at Dynamo sports societycite book|title=Panorama of the 1984 Sports Year|year=1985|pages=p. 177|publisher=Fizkultura i sport|location=Moscow|language=Russian] and was a member of the USSR National Biathlon Team since 1977. At the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid he won a gold medal with the Soviet relay team. He was also bronze medalist with the USSR 4 x 7.5 km relay team at the 1979, 1981 and 1982 Biathlon World Championships. In the overall World Cup he became third overall in the 1978/1979 season behind Klaus Siebert and Frank Ullrich.

He was a coach of the USSR National Biathlon Team between 1984 and 1992, bringing up six Olympic Champions in biathlon and becoming the Honoured Trainer of the USSR in 1988. [http://www.infosport.ru/xml/t/fullinfo.xml?person=1427 Profile at Infosport] ] He was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor in 1980, and in 1988 he received the Medal For Labour Valour. Between 1992 and 1998 Barnachov was the Head Coach of the Croatian National Cross-Country Skiing Team.

Barnachov graduated from Omsk State Institute for Physical Culture in 1980.

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