Vyacheslav Yemelyanovich Dryagin (russian: Вячесла́в Емельянович Дря́гин); September 20, 1940 in Kirov,Kirov Oblast – February 22, 2002) was a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

Nordic combined skier who competed in the early 1960s and the early 1970s. He won a bronze medal in the individual event at the

1970 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1970 took place 14–22 February 1970 in Vysoké Tatry, Czechoslovakia (present-day Slovakia). This was the second time this city hosted the event having done so in 1935. It was the first time an event was tel ...

Vysoké Tatry Vysoké Tatry (; hu, Magastátra, ; german: Höhe Tatra, ; pl, Wysokie Tatry, ; cs, Vysoké Tatry, ), formally Mesto Vysoké Tatry () is a town at the feet of the Slovak part of High Tatras in Slovakia including all the major resorts in that ...

. Dryagin finished seventh in the individual event at the

1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label=Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr ...

Innsbruck Innsbruck (; bar, Innschbruck, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian ) is the capital of Tyrol (state), Tyrol and the List of cities and towns in Austria, fifth-largest city in Austria. On the Inn (river), River Inn, at its junction with the ...

. He also finished eighth in the individual event at the

1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (french: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. Frenchm ...

in Grenoble.

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1940 births 2002 deaths Nordic combined skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics Olympic Nordic combined skiers of the Soviet Union Soviet male Nordic combined skiers FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined Universiade medalists in nordic combined Universiade gold medalists for the Soviet Union Universiade silver medalists for the Soviet Union Competitors at the 1962 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 1964 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 1966 Winter Universiade Sportspeople from Kirov, Kirov Oblast {{nordic-skiing-bio-stub