Nikolay Andreyevich Kamenskiy (russian: Николай Андреевич Каменский; 17 October 1931 – 21 July 2017) was a
Soviet former
ski jumper who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He won a silver medal in the individual large hill 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 (1926, 1938, and 1958). Women's 5&nb ...
in
Zakopane.
Kamenskiy also finished fourth in the individual large hill competition at the
1960 Winter Olympics
The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Vall ...
in
Squaw Valley. He also won the ski jump competition at the
Holmenollen ski festival in 1958, the
Four Hills Tournament in 1956, and two other victories in normal hill events in 1957.
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1931 births
2017 deaths
Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners
Olympic ski jumpers for the Soviet Union
Soviet male ski jumpers
Ski jumpers at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Ski jumpers at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Moscow
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in ski jumping
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