Ivan Biakov Explained

Ivan Biakov
Fullname:Ivan Ivanovych Biakov
Birth Date:1944 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Isakovtsy,
Kirovo-Chepetsky District, RSFSR,
Soviet Union[1]
Death Place:Kyiv, Ukraine
Height:[2]
Disciplines:Biathlon
Olympicteams:2 (1972, 1976)
Olympicmedals:2
Olympicgolds:2
Worldsteams:2 (1974, 1975)
Worldsmedals:0

Ivan Ivanovych Biakov (Russian: Иван Иванович Бяков; 21 September 1944 – 4 November 2009) was a Soviet biathlete.[3]

At the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, he won a gold medal with the Soviet relay team. He received another gold medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.[1] His second team gold Biakov won with help of French biathlon athlete Yvon Mougel.

In 1966 Biakov represented the Kazakhstani team at the People's Spartakiad of the Soviet Union in Sverdlovsk (today Yekaterinburg). Since 1974 Biakov lived in Kyiv[4] and was a director of the Kyiv school of higher sports mastery. In 1992 he was among the founders of the Ukrainian Federation in biathlon becoming its first president.[5]

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.[6]

Olympic Games

2 medals (2 gold)

EventIndividualRelay
align=left 1972 Sapporo12thGold
align=left 1976 InnsbruckGold

World Championships

EventIndividualSprintRelay
align=left 1974 Minsk7th40th
align=left 1975 Antholz-Anterselva13th

Notes and References

  1. Ivan Biakov . https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bi/ivan-biakov-1.html . 31 July 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151001031659/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bi/ivan-biakov-1.html . 1 October 2015 .
  2. Web site: The XIth Olympic Winter Games – Sapporo 1972 . The Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympic Winter Games, Sapporo 1972 . 453 . 31 July 2015.
  3. Web site: Gold Medalist Ivan Biakov Dies at Age 66 . 2020-01-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304120211/http://www4.biathlonworld.com/en/press_releases.html/do/detail?presse=682%7COlympic . 2016-03-04 . dead .
  4. Slastnikov, N.P. How Chepetsk boys were mining for the Olympic "gold" (Как чепецкие парни олимпийское «золото» добывали). Chepetsk.ru.
  5. http://biathlon.com.ua/uploads/History_of_the_Ukrainian_biathlon.pdf Biathlon in Ukraine
  6. Web site: Search results . IBU Datacenter . International Biathlon Union . 31 July 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150627121310/http://services.biathlonresults.com/Results.aspx . 27 June 2015 .