Nikolai Semjonowitsch Simjatow

Nikolai Simjatov
Full name	Nikolai Semjonowitsch Simjatow
nation	Russia
birthday	28th June 1955 (age 65)
place of birth	Moscow ,  Soviet Union
size	183 cm
Career
society	Spartak Moscow
status	resigned
Medal table
Olympic games 4 × 1 × 0 × World championships 0 × 1 × 0 ×
winter Olympics gold Lake Placid 1980 30 km gold Lake Placid 1980 50 km gold Lake Placid 1980 4x10 km gold Sarajevo 1984 30 km silver Sarajevo 1984 4x10 km  Nordic World Ski Championships silver Lahti 1978 30 km
Placements in the cross-country skiing world cup
Debut in the World Cup March 27, 1982  World Cup victories in individual 2 ( details )  Overall World Cup 6. ( 1983/84 )

Nikolai Semjonowitsch Simjatow ( Russian: Николай Семёнович Зимятов ; born June 28, 1955 in Rumjanzewo, Moscow Oblast ) is a former Russian cross-country skier who started for the Soviet Union .

Career

Simjatow, who started for the Spartak Moscow , appeared internationally for the first time at the European Junior Championships in 1975 in Lieto . There he won the silver medal over 15 km. At the Lahti Ski Games in 1977 he was third with the relay. The following year he won the silver medal over 30 km at the World Championships in Lahti . He also achieved fifth place over 15 km and fourth place with the relay. In 1979 he finished second at the Svenska Skidspelen over 30 km and at the Lahti Ski Games over 15 km. At the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid , he won over 30 km, 50 km and the gold medal with the relay. In the race over 15 km he came in fourth place. In March 1982 he started the cross-country skiing world cup in Castelrotto for the first time and achieved 20th place over 15 km. In the 1982/83 season he came in the World Cup with four top ten placements on ninth place in the overall World Cup. In 1983 he triumphed in the Svenska Skidspelen with the relay. At the beginning of the 1983/84 season he won his first World Cup victory over 15 km in Reit im Winkl . At the season highlight, the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo , he won the silver medal with the relay and the gold medal over 30 km. He also achieved 13th place over 50 km and sixth place over 15 km. In the same year he was awarded the Order of Friendship of Nations . He finished the World Cup season in sixth place in the overall World Cup. At the 1985 World Championships in Seefeld in Tirol , he achieved 17th place over 30 km, eighth place over 15 km and sixth place with the relay. He completed his last World Cup race in January 1988 in Kawgolowo , which he finished classically in 11th place over 30 km. In Soviet championships he won four times over 30 km (1978-1980, 1984), three times with the relay (1978, 1982, 1984) and once over 15 km (1979). After his career as a cross-country skier, he coached the Russian Olympic cross-country skiing team in 2002.

World Cup victories in individual

No.	date	place	discipline
1.	December 10, 1983	Reit im Winkl	15 km
2.	February 10, 1984	Sarajevo	30 km 1

¹ 1984 Winter Olympics

Web links

• Photos (with Russian text)
• Nikolai Semjonowitsch Simjatow in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Nikolai Semjonowitsch Simjatow on skisport365.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Results Lahti Ski Games
2. ↑ ^{a b} Results Svenska Skidspelen
3. ↑ ^{a b} Nikolai Semjonowitsch Simjatow in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
4. ↑ Profile on infosport.ru