Valery Tarakanov (russian: Вале́рий Тарака́нов; born 9 August 1941 in
Yaroslavl
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) is a
Soviet
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Russia
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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 ...
in
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 ...
in
Grenoble
lat, Gratianopolis
, commune status = Prefecture and commune
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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
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