Anatoly Vasilyevich Akentyev (russian: Анатолий Васильевич Акентьев; 14 February 1942 – 23 April 2023) was a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...

cross-country skier who won the 15 km race at the 1967

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. He competed at the

1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. Frenchm ...

in the 15, 30, 50 and 4 × 10 km events and finished 10th–20th individually and fourth in the relay. After retiring from competitions Akentyev became a prominent skiing administrator. He was vice president of the International Ski Federation (FIS) since 1979 and its honorary vice president since 2006. Nationally he headed the Soviet and Russian cross-country skiing teams for 15 years and served as president of the Russian Ski Union from 1996 to 2004. Akentyev died on 23 April 2023, at the age of 81.Умер Анатолий Акентьев …

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1942 births 2023 deaths Cross-country skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics Olympic cross-country skiers for the Soviet Union Soviet male cross-country skiers Russian male cross-country skiers Russian sports executives and administrators Members of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners Sportspeople from Kaluga Oblast People from Borovsky District {{Russia-crosscountry-skiing-bio-stub