Sergey Savelyev

Sergei Petrovich Savelyev ( born February 26, 1948 in Raitschichinsk, † October 29, 2005 at Istra) was a Russian cross country skier who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1970s.

At the Olympic Games 1976 in Innsbruck, he was 30 km Olympic champion and won with the Soviet relay behind Finland and Norway the bronze medal. His triumph over the 30 km distance he could repeat two years later at the Nordic World Ski Championships. In 1978 he was awarded the Soviet decorations.

Achievements

  • Olympic Winter Games 1976 in Innsbruck: Gold over 30 km, bronze team
  • Nordic World Ski Championships 1978 in Lahti: Gold over 30 km
Istra, Istrinsky District, Moscow Oblast Order of the Badge of Honour FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1978 List of Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing Veikko Hakulinen Franco Nones Nikolay Zimyatov Alexey Prokurorov Christian Hoffmann List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in men's cross-country skiing Matti Raivio Gunde Svan Thomas Wassberg Andrus Veerpalu
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