Nikolay Vladimirovich Pankratov (russian: Николай Владимирович Панкратов; born December 23, 1982 in
Sverdlovsk) is a Russian
cross-country skier
Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance. Cross-country skiing is widely practiced as a sport and recreation ...
who competed between 1999 and 2013. He won two medals in the 4 × 10 km at the
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a silver in 2007 and a bronze in 2005, and finished 10th in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit at the 2005 championships in
Oberstdorf
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Pankratov also finished eighth in the 4 × 10 km event at the
2010 Winter Olympics
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in
Vancouver
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. His only individual win was in a 10 km event in
Italy
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in 2003.
In 2010, Pankratov was allegedly caught with the forbidden substance
actovegin
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when crossing the border to Switzerland.
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the
International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games
World Championships
* 2 medals – (1 silver, 1 bronze)
World Cup
Individual podiums
*1 victory – (1 )
*4 podiums – (3 , 1 )
Team podiums
* 2 victories – (1 , 1 )
* 9 podiums – (7 , 2 )
References
External links
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Russian male cross-country skiers
1982 births
Living people
Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Olympic cross-country skiers for Russia
Sportspeople from Yekaterinburg
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
Universiade medalists in cross-country skiing
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia
Competitors at the 2003 Winter Universiade