Soviet biathlete (1951–2022)

Anatoly Nikolayevich Alyabyev (Russian: Анато́лий Никола́евич Аля́бьев; 12 December 1951 – 11 January 2022) was a Soviet biathlete.

Contents

• 1 Life and career
• 2 Biathlon results
  • 2.1 Olympic Games
  • 2.2 World Championships
  • 2.3 Individual victories
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Life and career

Alyabyev was born in the village of Danilkovo, Velsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast. He initially trained at Children and Youth Sport School of Spartak in Vologda, but competed as a senior while training at the Armed Forces sports society in Leningrad. At the 1980 Olympics he was, together with Frank Ullrich the dominant biathlete taking gold medals in the 20:km and on the relay and bronze in the 10:km. Alyabyev best season came in 1980–1981, when he became second overall.

Alyabyev was awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1980). He graduated from Lesgaft Military Ins*ute of Physical Culture in 1981 and defended a dissertation for the Candidate of Pedagogical Science degree in 1997. He died from COVID-19 in Saint Petersburg on 11 January 2022, at the age of 70.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games

3 medals (2 gold, 1 bronze)

World Championships

2 medals (2 bronze)

*During Olympic seasons compe*ions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.

Individual victories

2 victories (1 In, 1 Sp)

*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.

References

External links

• Anatoly Alyabyev at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Anatoly Alyabyev at the International Olympic Committee
• "Biography" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 12 March 2007. Retrieved 8 September 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)