sport.wikisort.org - AthleteVladimir Mikhailovich Melanin (Russian: Владимир Михайлович Меланьин; 1 December 1933 – 10 August 1994) was a Soviet biathlete.
Soviet biathlete
Vladimir Melanin
 Vladimir Melanin on a 2013 Russian stamp from the series "Sports Legends". |
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Full name | Vladimir Mikhailovich Melanin |
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Born | (1933-12-01)1 December 1933 Balyki, Kirov, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
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Died | 10 August 1994(1994-08-10) (aged 60) Kirov, Russia, Russia |
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Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
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Sport | Biathlon |
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Club | VS Kirov |
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Teams | 2 (1960, 1964) |
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Medals | 1 (1 gold) |
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Teams | 5 (1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966) |
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Medals | 7 (6 gold) |
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Life and career
He won an Olympic gold medal for the USSR in the 20 km individual in the 1964 Olympics in Innsbruck ahead of his fellow Soviet Aleksandr Privalov and the Norwegian Olav Jordet. Melanin also won three individual world titles in the 20 km, in 1959, 1962 and 1963.
Melanin started as a cross-country skier, but changed to biathlon while. His strong skiing base helped him win all his titles, as his shooting skills were mediocre. Because of poor shooting, he finished outside of the podium at his first Olympics in 1960. He improved a lot by the next Games, where he showed not only best skiing time, but also clean shooting. He finished more than 3 minutes ahead of his rivals, which remains the largest victory margin in any Olympic biathlon event. Domestically Melanin won only two titles, in the 20 km in 1959 and 1966. After retiring from competitions Melanin worked as a biathlon coach and managed a cross-country skiing and biathlon complex in Kirov Oblast. He received posthumously the International Biathlon Union Honorary Award.
Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[1]
Olympic Games
1 medal (1 gold)
Event |
Individual |
1960 Squaw Valley |
4th |
1964 Innsbruck |
Gold |
World Championships
7 medals (6 gold, 1 silver)
Event |
Individual |
Team (time) |
Relay |
1959 Courmayeur |
Gold |
Gold |
N/A |
1962 Hämeenlinna |
Gold |
Gold |
N/A |
1963 Seefeld |
Gold |
Gold |
N/A |
1965 Elverum |
7th |
Silver |
N/A |
1966 Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
21st |
N/A |
4th |
- *During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
- **The team (time) event was removed in 1965, whilst the relay was added in 1966.
References
- "Search results". IBU Datacenter. International Biathlon Union. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
External links
 Olympic champions in men's biathlon – 20 km individual |
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World champions in men's biathlon – 20 km individual |
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World champions in men's biathlon – Team event |
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4 × 20 km (time) |
- 1958:
(Adolf Wiklund, Olle Gunneriusson, Sture Ohlin, Sven Nilsson)
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3 × 20 km (time) |
- 1959:
(Vladimir Melanin, Dmitri Sokolov, Valentin Pzhenitsyn)
- 1961:
(Kalevi Huuskonen, Paavo Repo, Antti Tyrväinen)
- 1962:
(Vladimir Melanin, Valentin Pzhenitsyn, Nikolay Puzanov)
- 1963:
(Vladimir Melanin, Nikolay Mezharyakov, Valentin Pzhenitsyn)
- 1965:
(Olav Jordet, Ola Wærhaug, Ivar Nordkild)
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4 × 20 km |
- 1989:
(Juri Kashkarov, Sergei Bulygin, Alexandr Popov, Sergei Tchepikov)
- 1990:
(Raik Dittrich, Mark Kirchner, Birk Anders, Frank Luck)
- 1991:
(Hubert Leitgeb, Gottlieb Taschler, Simon Demetz, Wilfried Pallhuber)
- 1992:
(Evgeny Redkin, Alexander Tropnikov, Anatoly Zhdanovich, Alexandr Popov)
- 1993:
(Fritz Fischer, Frank Luck, Steffen Hoos, Sven Fischer)
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4 × 10 km |
- 1994:
(Pieralberto Carrara, Hubert Leitgeb, Andreas Zingerle, Wilfried Pallhuber)
- 1995:
(Frode Andresen, Dag Bjørndalen, Halvard Hanevold, Jon Åge Tyldum)
- 1996:
(Oleg Ryzhenkov, Petr Ivashko, Alexandr Popov, Vadim Sashurin)
- 1997:
(Oleg Ryzhenkov, Petr Ivashko, Alexandr Popov, Vadim Sashurin)
- 1998:
(Egil Gjelland, Halvard Hanevold, Sylfest Glimsdal, Ole Einar Bjørndalen)
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На других языках
- [en] Vladimir Melanin
[fr] Vladimir Melanine
Vladimir Mikhaïlovitch Melanine (en russe : Владимир Михайлович Меланьин ; né le 1er décembre 1934 et mort le 10 août 1994 à Kirov) est un biathlète soviétique. Il est le premier champion olympique et du monde de l'URSS en biathlon.
[it] Vladimir Melanin
Vladimir Mikhailovich Melanin (in russo: Владимир Михайлович Меланьин; 1º dicembre 1933 – 10 agosto 1994) è stato un biatleta sovietico.
[ru] Меланьин, Владимир Михайлович
Влади́мир Миха́йлович Мела́ньин (1 декабря 1933, Советский район, Горьковский край — 10 августа 1994, Киров) — советский биатлонист. Заслуженный мастер спорта СССР (1962).
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