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| Full name | Ivan Ivanovych Biakov | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 September 1944 Isakovtsy, Kirovo-Chepetsky District, RSFSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 November 2009 (aged 65) Kyiv, Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||
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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.
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. His second team gold Biakov won with help of French biathlon athlete 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 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.
Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
Olympic Games
2 medals (2 gold)
| Event | Individual | Relay |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 Sapporo | 12th | Gold |
| 1976 Innsbruck | — | Gold |
World Championships
| Event | Individual | Sprint | Relay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 Minsk | 7th | 40th | — |
| 1975 Antholz-Anterselva | 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 Byakov at Olympedia (archive)
- Ivan Biakov at Olympics.com
- Ivan Byakov at Olympic.org (archived)
