Oleg Ponomarev (born 30 May 1992) is a Russian Paralympic Nordic skier who competed in cross-country skiing and biathlon at the

2014 Winter Paralympics The 2014 Winter Paralympics (russian: Зимние Паралимпийские игры 2014, Zimniye Paralimpiyskiye igry 2014), the 11th Paralympic Winter Games, and also more generally known as the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, were an ...

, in

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. He won a bronze medal in the 1 km sprint for visually impaired athletes. He won the bronze medal in the men's 10km visually impaired biathlon event at the

2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships The 2021 World Para Snow Sports Championships was an international disability sport competition held in Lillehammer, Norway from 8 to 23 January 2022. It was the inaugural edition of the World Para Snow Sports Championships with para-alpine skiin ...

held in Lillehammer, Norway. He also won the gold medal in the men's long-distance visually impaired cross-country skiing event.

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* Paralympic biathletes for Russia Living people 1992 births Paralympic bronze medalists for Russia Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Medalists at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Russian male cross-country skiers Russian male biathletes Paralympic medalists in cross-country skiing 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-Paralympic-medalist-stub