Vladimir Pavlovich Belousov (russian: Владимир Павлович Белоусов; born 14 July 1946) is a

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former

ski jumper Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fina ...

. He was the only Soviet ski jumper to medal at the Olympics and is the only person from the

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to win a gold medal in ski jumping in both the Winter Olympics and the Holmenkollen. He was awarded the

Medal "For Labour Valour" The Medal "For Labour Valour" (russian: Медаль «За трудовую доблесть») was a civilian labour award of the Soviet Union bestowed to especially deserving workers to recognise and honour dedicated and valorous labour or ...

in 1969 and the

Order of Friendship The Order of Friendship (russian: Орден Дружбы, ') is a state decoration of the Russian Federation established by Boris Yeltsin by presidential decree 442 of 2 March 1994 to reward Russian and foreign nationals whose work, deeds a ...

in 2011. Belousov won a gold medal in the individual large hill at the 1968 Olympics, placing eighth in the normal hill. At the

Holmenkollen ski festival The Holmenkollen Ski Festival ( no, Holmenkollen skifestival or ) is a traditional annual Nordic skiing event in Holmenkollen, Oslo, Norway. The full official name of the event is Holmenkollen FIS World Cup Nordic. History It takes place in March ...

, he won the ski jumping competition in 1968 and 1970. He became the

Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR Unified Sports Classification System of the USSR (russian: Единая Всесоюзная спортивная классификация) is a document which provided general Soviet physical education system requirements for both athletes an ...

in 1968 and won the USSR Championship in 1969. In 1978 he graduated from the Military Institute of Physical Culture and later worked as a coach.

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* * – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file 1946 births Living people Russian male ski jumpers Soviet male ski jumpers People from Vsevolozhsky District Ski jumpers at the 1968 Winter Olympics Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic ski jumpers for the Soviet Union Armed Forces (sports society) sportspeople Olympic medalists in ski jumping Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Leningrad Oblast {{Russia-skijumping-bio-stub