Ivan Nikolayevich Kuzmin
Ivan Nikolajewitsch Kusmin ( Russian Иван Николаевич Кузьмин ; born April 25, 1962 ) is a former Russian orienteer ski runner .
Kuzmin was born into a sporty family. His mother was skiing; his father was a skier and mountaineer. As a teenager, he began with biathlon before switching to orienteering skiing. From the late 1980s he lived and trained in Sweden, where he also met his future wife Arja Hannus .
At the 1992 World Cup in Pontarlier, France, Kusmin was third on the short and long distance behind Vidar Benjaminsen from Norway and Vesa Mäkipää from Finland. With the CIS squadron, which also included Viktor Korchagin , Nikolai Bondar and Vladislav Kormchikov , he won a silver medal. At the 1994 World Cup in Italy, he and the Italian Nicolò Corradini were short distance world champions due to the fact that they were tied together. He also won bronze with the Russian relay.
After his active career, Kusmin worked as an editor for various ski sports magazines. In 1996 he was named “Honored Master of Sports”.
Placements
World Championships:
- 1988 : 15th place short, 6th place long, 4th place relay
- 1990 : 7th place short, 6th place long, 4th place relay
- 1992 : 3rd place short, 3rd place long, 2nd place relay
- 1994 : 1st place short, 12th place long, 3rd place relay
Web links
- Ski orienteering world championship results International Orienteering Federation
- Дмитрий НИКИФОРОВ: Кузьмин Иван Николаевич (portrait, October 8, 2010, Russian, accessed April 3, 2012)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kuzmin, Ivan Nikolayevich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kuzmin, Ivan Nikolayevich (English transcription); Кузьмин, Иван Николаевич (Russian spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian ski orienteer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 25, 1962 |