Vladimir Kuzin
Appearance
Medal record | ||
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Men's cross-country skiing | ||
Representing Soviet Union | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo | 4 x 10 km | |
World Championships | ||
1954 Falun | 30 km | |
1954 Falun | 50 km | |
1954 Falun | 4 x 10 km |
Vladimir Semyonovich Kuzin (Template:Lang-ru; July 15, 1930 – October 5, 2007) was a former Soviet cross-country skier who competed during the 1950s, training at Dynamo in Leningrad. Born in Lampozhnya, Arkhangelsk Oblast, he earned a gold medal in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo. He also finished 5th in the 30 km event in those same Olympics.
Kuzin's best successes were at the 1954 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun, where he earned two golds (30 km, 50 km) and one silver medal (4 x 10 km relay).
In 1957 he was awarded Order of Lenin. He defended a dissertation for the Candidate of Biological Science degree.
References
- Vladimir Kuzin at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- Sport Gazeta announcement of Kuzin's death Template:Ru icon
Categories:
- 1930 births
- 2007 deaths
- People from Mezensky District
- Cross-country skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics
- Dynamo sports society athletes
- Olympic cross-country skiers of the Soviet Union
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Soviet cross-country skiers
- Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
- Male cross-country skiers
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
- Medalists at the 1956 Winter Olympics
- Soviet Winter Olympic medalist stubs
- Russian cross-country skiing biography stubs