Soviet and Russian cross-country skier (1949–2024)
Yuri Georgievich Skobov (Russian : Юрий Георгиевич Скобов ; 13 March 1949 – 5 August 2024) was a Soviet and Russian cross-country skier who competed in the early 1970s, training at Spartak in Omutninsk . He won the 4 × 10 km gold at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo for the USSR . Skobov also finished 5th in the 15 km event at those same games.[ 1] 1974 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun . Skobov died on 5 August 2024, at the age of 75.[ 2]
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1936 : Sulo Nurmela , Klaes Karppinen , Matti Lähde , Kalle Jalkanen (FIN ) 1948 : Nils Östensson , Nils Täpp , Gunnar Eriksson , Martin Lundström (SWE ) 1952 : Heikki Hasu , Paavo Lonkila , Urpo Korhonen , Tapio Mäkelä (FIN ) 1956 : Fyodor Terentyev , Pavel Kolchin , Nikolay Anikin , Vladimir Kuzin (URS ) 1960 : Toimi Alatalo , Eero Mäntyranta , Väinö Huhtala , Veikko Hakulinen (FIN ) 1964 : Karl-Åke Asph , Sixten Jernberg , Janne Stefansson , Assar Rönnlund (SWE ) 1968 : Odd Martinsen , Pål Tyldum , Harald Grønningen , Ole Ellefsæter (NOR ) 1972 : Vladimir Voronkov , Yuri Skobov , Fyodor Simashev , Vyacheslav Vedenin (URS ) 1976 : Matti Pitkänen , Juha Mieto , Pertti Teurajärvi , Arto Koivisto (FIN ) 1980 : Vasily Rochev , Nikolay Bazhukov , Yevgeny Belyayev , Nikolay Zimyatov (URS ) 1984 : Thomas Wassberg , Benny Kohlberg , Jan Ottosson , Gunde Svan (SWE ) 1988 : Jan Ottosson , Thomas Wassberg , Gunde Svan , Torgny Mogren (SWE ) 1992 : Terje Langli , Vegard Ulvang , Kristen Skjeldal , Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR ) 1994 : Maurilio De Zolt , Marco Albarello , Giorgio Vanzetta , Silvio Fauner (ITA ) 1998 : Sture Sivertsen , Erling Jevne , Bjørn Dæhlie , Thomas Alsgaard (NOR ) 2002 : Anders Aukland , Frode Estil , Kristen Skjeldal , Thomas Alsgaard (NOR ) 2006 : Fulvio Valbusa , Giorgio Di Centa , Pietro Piller Cottrer , Cristian Zorzi (ITA ) 2010 : Daniel Rickardsson , Johan Olsson , Anders Södergren , Marcus Hellner (SWE ) 2014 : Lars Nelson , Daniel Rickardsson , Johan Olsson , Marcus Hellner (SWE ) 2018 : Didrik Tønseth , Martin Johnsrud Sundby , Simen Hegstad Krüger , Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR ) 2022 : Aleksey Chervotkin , Alexander Bolshunov , Denis Spitsov , Sergey Ustiugov (ROC )
