Viktor Viktorovich Maigourov (russian: Виктор Викторвич Майгуров); born 7 February 1969) is a former

biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not time ...

from

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Career

Maigourov competed for

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

at the Lillehammer 1994, where he placed fourth on the relay with the Belarusian team. He won eight

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victories, his last at Oberhof in 2001. Competing for Russia, he won two Olympic bronze medals; in the relay at the

1998 Nagano Olympics The 1998 Winter Olympics, officially known as the and commonly known as Nagano 1998 ( ja, 長野1998), was a winter multi-sport event held from 7 to 22 February 1998, mainly in Nagano, Japan, with some events taking place in the ...

, and in the 20 km at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics. His best overall World Cup placing is second in 1995/1996. Maigourov also won twice 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 ...

biathlon competition in 1996 with wins in the sprint and pursuit events.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the

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Olympic Games

''2 medals (2 bronze)'' :''*Pursuit was added as an event in 2002.''

World Championships

''8 medals (3 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze)'' :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.'' :''**Team was removed as an event in 1998, and pursuit was added in 1997 with mass start being added in 1999.''

Individual victories

''8 victories (1 In, 4 Sp, 3 Pu)'' :''*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the

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, Biathlon World Championships and the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maigourov, Viktor 1969 births Living people Sportspeople from Yekaterinburg Belarusian male biathletes Russian male biathletes Biathletes at the 1994 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1998 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes for Belarus Olympic biathletes for Russia Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2002 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in biathlon Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Biathlon World Championships medalists Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners