Nikolay Nikolayevich Gusakov (russian: Никола́й Гусако́в; May 14, 1934 – December 14, 1991) was a former

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 Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first ever 1924 Winter Olympics, Winter Olympic ...

skier who won a bronze in the individual event at the

1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Vall ...

in Squaw Valley. He also won the Nordic combined event 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 ...

in 1961. Gusakov trained at the Armed Forces sports society in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

and later in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. He was the first Soviet athlete to win an Olympic medal in the Nordic combined and the first one to win the Nordic combined event at the

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* * - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file * 1934 births 1991 deaths Holmenkollen Ski Festival winners Nordic combined skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1960 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic Nordic combined skiers for the Soviet Union Soviet male Nordic combined skiers Russian male Nordic combined skiers Armed Forces (sports society) sportspeople Olympic medalists in Nordic combined Medalists at the 1960 Winter Olympics {{Nordic-skiing-bio-stub Sportspeople from Petrozavodsk