Nikolai Kuzmich Meshcheryakov

Nikolai Meshcheryakov
Full name	Nikolai Kuzmich Meschcherjakow Russian Николай Кузьмич Мещеряков
Association	Soviet Union
birthday	January 7, 1935
date of death	May 8, 2011
Career
Medal table
World Cup medals 1 × 0 × 0 ×
Biathlon world championships gold 1963 Seefeld team
World Cup balance

Nikolai Kuzmich Meschcherjakow ( Russian: Николай Кузьмич Мещеряков ; * January 7, 1935 , † May 8, 2011 ) was a Soviet biathlete .

Meschcherjakow celebrated his greatest success when he was able to finish fifth in the individual at the Biathlon World Cup in 1963 in Seefeld in Tyrol despite eight shooting errors and won the unofficial team classification of the added individual times with Vladimir Melanin and Valentin Pschenizyn . In 1966 it was used again in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and missed another podium finish with Nikolai Pusanow , Wladimir Gundarzew and Wladimir Melanin in the relay, which was officially part of the World Championship program for the first time, behind Norway, Poland and Sweden . At Soviet championships in 1962 he emerged as the winner in the 20 km individual, he won another championship title in 1966 in the 4 × 7.5 km relay.

Web links

• Nikolai Kuzmich Meshcheryakov in the infosport.ru database (Russian)
• Results at the-sports.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ С днем ​​Великой Победы! In: static.biathlonrus.com. Retrieved February 2, 2016 .