Vladimir Mikhaylovich Barnashov (russian: Владимир Михайлович Барнашов; born 26 February 1951) is a Soviet former

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Life and career

Barnashov was born in the village of Ryazany, Muromtsevsky District,

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and was a member of the USSR National Biathlon Team from 1977. At the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid he won a gold medal with the Soviet relay team. He was also a bronze medalist in the USSR 4 × 7.5 km relay team at the 1979, 1981 and 1982

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. In the overall

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he came third overall in the 1978–79 season behind

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and

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. He was a coach of the USSR National Biathlon Team between 1984 and 1992, training six Olympic Champions in biathlon and becoming the Honoured Trainer of the USSR in 1988.Profile at Infosport
/ref> Barnashov graduated from Omsk State Institute for Physical Culture in 1980 and is currently head coach of Russian biathlon team.

Honours and awards

Barnashov was awarded the

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in 1980, and in 1988 he received the

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. Between 1992 and 1998 Barnashov was the head coach of the

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n National Cross-Country Skiing Team. He was also awarded the

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, 2nd class (October 21, 2010), for the successful preparation of the athletes who achieved high sport achievements at the XXI Olympic Winter Games of 2010 in Vancouver, Canada. Barnashov has also been given the honorary sports titles of Honored Master of Sports, Honored coach of the USSR and Honoured Coach of Russia.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the

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Olympic Games

''1 medal (1 gold)''

World Championships

''3 medals (3 bronze)'' :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.''

Individual victories

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

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and the

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Barnashov, Vladimir 1951 births Living people People from Muromtsevsky District Dynamo sports society athletes Soviet male biathletes Biathletes at the 1980 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes of the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1980 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in biathlon Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Biathlon World Championships medalists