Ivan Biakov
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| Full name | Ivan Ivanovych Biakov | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 September 1944 Isakovtsy, Kirovo-Chepetsky District, RSFSR, Soviet Union[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 November 2009 (aged 65) Kyiv, Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Biathlon | |||||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 2 (1972, 1976) | |||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 2 (2 gold) | |||||||||||||||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | 2 (1974, 1975) | |||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ivan Ivanovych Biakov (Russian: Иван Иванович Бяков; 21 September 1944 – 4 November 2009) was a Soviet biathlete.[3]
At the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, he won a gold medal with the Soviet relay team. He received another gold medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.[1] His second team gold Biakov won with help of French biathlon athlete[4] Yvon Mougel.
In 1966 Biakov represented the Kazakhstani team at the
People's Spartakiad of the Soviet Union in Sverdlovsk (today Yekaterinburg). Since 1974 Biakov lived in Kyiv[4] and was a director of the Kyiv school of higher sports mastery. In 1992 he was among the founders of the Ukrainian Federation in biathlon becoming its first president.[5]
Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[6]
Olympic Games
2 medals (2 gold)
| Event | Individual | Relay |
|---|---|---|
 1972 Sapporo
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12th | Gold |
 1976 Innsbruck
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— | Gold |
World Championships
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Relay |
|---|---|---|---|
 1974 Minsk
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7th | 40th | — |
 1975 Antholz-Anterselva
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13th | — | — |
- *During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
References
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ivan Biakov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
- ^ "The XIth Olympic Winter Games – Sapporo 1972" (PDF). The Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games, Sapporo 1972. p. 453. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
- ^ "Gold Medalist Ivan Biakov Dies at Age 66". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
- ^ a b Slastnikov, N.P. How Chepetsk boys were mining for the Olympic "gold" (Как чепецкие парни олимпийское «золото» добывали ). Chepetsk.ru.
- ^ Biathlon in Ukraine. Biathlon in Ukraine
- ^ "Search results". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
External links
- Ivan Biakov at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Ivan Byakov at Olympics.com
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