Mikhail Petrovich Ivanov

Mikhail Ivanov
Mikhail Ivanov (2005)
Full name	Mikhail Petrovich Ivanov
nation	Russia
birthday	November 20, 1977
place of birth	Ostrow , Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ,  Soviet Union
Career
Trainer	Alexander Alexejewitsch Gruschin
National squad	since 1997-2007
status	unknown
End of career	2007

Mikhail Petrovich Ivanov ( Russian Михаил Петрович Иванов; born November 20, 1977 in Ostrow , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union ) is a former Russian cross-country skier .

Life

Ivanov won gold with the Russian cross-country relay at the Junior World Championships in 1996 in Asiago, Italy . He then won two races in the Cross-Country World Cup : on March 4, 2000 in Lahti ( Finland ) the mass start over 30 km in the classic technique and a year later in Falun ( Sweden ) the race over 15 km classic.

In 2001 he won the bronze medal over 30 km classic at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti .

His greatest success is winning the gold medal over 50 km classic at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City . Ivanov was only subsequently named Olympic champion after Johann Mühlegg , who started for Spain, had to surrender his gold medal after a positive doping test .

Ivanov's last result in the World Cup points was a 26th place in the pursuit race in Vernon ( Canada ) in the 2005/2006 season. Ivanov has not competed in the World Cup since January 2007.

Mikhail Ivanov (right) with Vladimir Putin at the reception of the Russian Olympic team in 2002

Web links

• Mikhail Petrovich Ivanov in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Mikhail Petrowitsch Ivanov in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )