Nikolay Polukhin (born July 7, 1982) is a Russian cross-country skier,

biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and shooting sports, rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into sh ...

and

Paralympic The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

Champion. He is notable for winning the most medals at the

Vancouver 2010 )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

Winter Paralympics, with six medals, including one gold. Polukhin was blinded in 1993 in an electrical accident. His

sighted guide A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment. Sports Paralympic Games At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment. Rules are according to the International ...

at Vancouver 2010 was

Andrey Tokarev Andrey Tokarev is a Russian cross country skier, biathlete, sighted guide and Paralympic Champion. He was awarded the Order of Honour by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in 2010. One of his most notable achievements is winning the most medal ...

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External links

Athlete Search Results – Polukhin, Nikolay

International Paralympic Committee The International Paralympic Committee (IPC; german: Internationales Paralympisches Komitee) is an international non-profit organisation and the global governing body for the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organizes the Paralympic Games and fun ...

(IPC)
Nikolay Polukhin – Profile
at the Official site of

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