Nikolay Terentyev (born 21 March 1996) is a Russian ice sledge hockey player from Murmansk. He is a double-amputee who initially began playing for

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in Moscow and two months later appeared at Russian Championships. Since then he participated at the

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at which he was the youngest to compete at. Even though he spent only 4 minutes at the game he and his team managed to win

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. In September 2013 he took part at the International "4 Nations" Tournament which was followed by

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which was hosted in Toronto, Canada in December of the same year. While there, he played 5 games in which he scored 5 goals and tied himself with

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. During the

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, Russia his team won a

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. Prior to it he scored a goal against Norway during which tournament his team won 4–0.

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1996 births Living people Russian sledge hockey players Paralympic sledge hockey players for Russia Paralympic silver medalists for Russia Sportspeople with limb difference People from Apatity Sportspeople from Murmansk Medalists at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Paralympic medalists in sledge hockey Ice sledge hockey players at the 2014 Winter Paralympics {{Sledgehockey-bio-stub