Vladimir Vasilyevich Nikitin (russian: Влади́мир Васи́льевич Ники́тин; born 14 July 1959) is a former

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cross-country skier who competed in the 1980s, training at

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. He won a silver in the 4 × 10 km relay at the

1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...

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. Nikitin also won a gold medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the

1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1982 took place on 19–28 February 1982 in Oslo, Norway at the Holmenkollen ski arena. This was Oslo's record-tying fourth time hosting the event after previously doing so in 1930, the 1952 Winter Olympics, ...

(tied with

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). His best individual finish was fourth in the 1983 World Cup event in

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Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

*1 medal – (1 silver)

World Championships

*1 medal – (1 gold)

World Cup

Team podiums

*1 victory *2 podiums Note: Until the 1999 World Championships and the

1994 Winter Olympics The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games ( no, De 17. olympiske vinterleker; nn, Dei 17. olympiske vinterleikane) and commonly known as Lillehammer '94, was an international winter multi-sport event held fro ...

, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

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* 1959 births Living people Soviet male cross-country skiers Olympic cross-country skiers of the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing Cross-country skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing Universiade medalists in cross-country skiing Universiade gold medalists for the Soviet Union Competitors at the 1985 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 1987 Winter Universiade {{Russia-XC-skiing-bio-stub