Valery Tarakanov (russian: Вале́рий Тарака́нов; born 9 August 1941 in

Yaroslavl Yaroslavl ( rus, Ярослáвль, p=jɪrɐˈsɫavlʲ) is a city and the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located northeast of Moscow. The historic part of the city is a World Heritage Site, and is located at the confluence ...

) is a

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n former cross-country skier who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He won the 4x10 km gold 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 ...

. Tarakanov also finished 6th in the 15 km in the same championships. He was on the 4x10 km team that finished fourth 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 ...

Grenoble lat, Gratianopolis , commune status = Prefecture and commune , image = Panorama grenoble.png , image size = , caption = From upper left: Panorama of the city, Grenoble’s cable cars, place Saint- ...

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* 1941 births Living people Soviet male cross-country skiers Cross-country skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics Olympic cross-country skiers for the Soviet Union FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing Universiade medalists in cross-country skiing Universiade silver medalists for the Soviet Union Competitors at the 1964 Winter Universiade Sportspeople from Yaroslavl {{Russia-XC-skiing-bio-stub