Ivan Stepanovich Utrobin (russian: Иван Степанович Утробин) (March 10, 1934 – June 25, 2020) was a

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

cross-country skier who competed during the early 1960s for the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

, training at VSS Trud in Moscow Oblast. He earned a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at

1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr ...

in Innsbruck. He also won a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the

1962 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1962 took place February 18–25, 1962 in Zakopane, Poland. Zakopane became the second city to host the world championships three times (1929, 1939), joining Lahti, Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, ...

External links

Sports Illustrated profile

Ivan Utrobin's obituary
1934 births 2020 deaths Olympic cross-country skiers of the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Soviet male cross-country skiers Cross-country skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics {{USSR-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub