Igor Nikolayevich Vorontschikhin

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Igor Vorontschikhin Cross-country skiing
Full name Igor Nikolayevich Vorontschikhin
nation Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union
birthday April 14, 1938
place of birth Moscow ,  Soviet UnionSoviet UnionSoviet Union 
date of death March 10, 2009
Place of death Moscow, Russia
Career
society Burevestnik Moscow
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × gold 0 × silver 2 × bronze
Olympic rings winter Olympics
bronze 1964 Innsbruck 30 km
bronze 1964 Innsbruck Season
 

Igor Nikolaevich Vorontschichin ( Russian Игорь Николаевич Ворончихин ; born April 14, 1938 in Moscow , † March 10, 2009 in Moscow) was a Soviet cross-country skier .

Career

Vorontschichin, who started for the Burevestnik Moscow, made his first international appearance at the 1962 Winter Universiade in Villars-sur-Ollon . There he won the gold medal over 11.5 km. At the Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck in 1964 , he won over 30 km and the bronze medal with the relay. He also achieved 11th place over 50 km and seventh place over 15 km. At the 1964 Winter Universiade in Špindlerův Mlýn , he won gold with the relay and over 15 km. In 1966 he won the Soviet championships with the relay and the Winter Universiade in Sestriere over 15 km and with the relay. The following year he was third in the Svenska Skidspelen over 30 km. At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble , he came in 31st place over 50 km. After his active career as a cross-country skier, he coached the Soviet women's team and later the Soviet men's team.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Igor Nikolajewitsch Vorontschichin in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
  2. ↑ Profile on infosport.ru
  3. ↑ Results Svenska Skidspelen
personal data
SURNAME Vorontschikhin, Igor Nikolaevich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet cross-country skier
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow
DATE OF DEATH March 10, 2009
Place of death Moscow