Valery Tarakanov
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Men's cross-country skiing | ||
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1970 Vysoké Tatry | 4 x 10 km |
Valery Tarakanov (Russian: Вале́рий Тарака́нов; born 9 August 1941 in Yaroslavl) is a Soviet/Russian former cross-country skier who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He won the 4x10 km gold at the 1970 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Vysoké Tatry. Tarakanov also finished 6th in the 15 km in the same championships. He was on the 4x10 km team that finished fourth at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble.
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- 1941 births
- Living people
- Soviet male cross-country skiers
- Cross-country skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- Cross-country skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- Olympic cross-country skiers for the Soviet Union
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
- Winter World University Games medalists in cross-country skiing
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- Competitors at the 1964 Winter Universiade
- Sportspeople from Yaroslavl
- Russian cross-country skiing biography stubs