Nikolay Semyonovich Zimyatov (Russian: Никола́й Семёнович Зимя́тов; born 28 July 1955 in Moscow), name also spelled Nikolaj Zimjatov, was one of the most successful Soviet/Russian male cross-country skiers ever. He trained at Spartak and later at the Armed Forces sports society. He was the first man in the sport to win three gold medals at a single Winter Olympics, winning in the 30 km, 50 km, and 4 x 10 km relay at the 1980 Lake Placid Games. He also won the 30 km event at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo and was awarded Order of Friendship of Peoples that year. [1]
Zimyatov also earned a silver in the 30 km at the 1978 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Lahti.
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1936: Finland ( Sulo Nurmela, Klaes Karppinen, Matti Lähde & Kalle Jalkanen) * 1948: Sweden ( Nils Östensson, Nils Täpp, Gunnar Eriksson & Martin Lundström) * 1952: Finland ( Heikki Hasu, Paavo Lonkila, Urpo Korhonen & Tapio Mäkelä) * 1956: Soviet Union ( Fyodor Terentyev, Pavel Kolchin, Nikolay Anikin & Vladimir Kuzin) * 1960: Finland ( Toimi Alatalo, Eero Mäntyranta, Väinö Huhtala & Veikko Hakulinen) * 1964: Sweden ( Karl-Åke Asph, Sixten Jernberg, Janne Stefansson & Assar Rönnlund) * 1968: Norway ( Odd Martinsen, Pål Tyldum, Harald Grønningen & Ole Ellefsæter) * 1972: Soviet Union ( Vladimir Voronkov, Yuri Skobov, Fyodor Simashev & Vyacheslav Vedenin) * 1976: Finland ( Matti Pitkänen, Juha Mieto, Pertti Teurajärvi & Arto Koivisto) * 1980: Soviet Union ( Vasily Rochev, Nikolay Bazhukov, Yevgeny Belyayev & Nikolay Zimyatov) * 1984: Sweden ( Thomas Wassberg, Benny Kohlberg, Jan Ottosson & Gunde Svan) * 1988: Sweden ( Jan Ottosson, Thomas Wassberg, Gunde Svan & Torgny Mogren) * 1992: Norway ( Terje Langli, Vegard Ulvang, Kristen Skjeldal & Bjørn Dæhlie) * 1994: Italy ( Maurilio De Zolt, Marco Albarello, Giorgio Vanzetta & Silvio Fauner) * 1998: Norway ( Sture Sivertsen, Erling Jevne, Bjørn Dæhlie & Thomas Alsgaard) * 2002: Norway ( Anders Aukland, Frode Estil, Kristen Skjeldal & Thomas Alsgaard) * 2006: Italy ( Fulvio Valbusa, Giorgio Di Centa, Pietro Piller Cottrer & Cristian Zorzi) * 2010: Sweden ( Daniel Richardsson, Johan Olsson, Anders Södergren & Marcus Hellner)
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Zimyatov, Nikolay |
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Soviet cross country skier |
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28 July 1955 |
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