Valeriy Alekseyevich Medvedtsev (; born 5 July 1964) is a former Russian biathlete.
Career On 16 January 1986, Medvedtsev achieved the feat of winning his World Cup debut. He trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Izhevsk. At the 1988 Olympics in Calgary, Medvedtsev, competing for the USSR, won two silver medals in the 10 km sprint and the 20 km individual, and also gold medal in the relay. At the 1992 Olympics in Albertville he won a silver medal in the relay competition for the Unified Team. In the World Championships, Medvedtsev has three relay medals gold from 1986 in Oslo, silver from 1987 in Lake Placid and silver from 1993 in Borovets. And he also has two individual gold medals from the World Championships, gold medals in the 20 km from 1986 in Oslo (Holmenkollen Ski Festival biathlon) and 1990 in Minsk. He also has one gold medal from the 10 km from 1986 in Oslo (Holmenkollen Ski Festival biathlon).
Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
Olympic Games 4 medals (1 gold, 3 silver) EventIndividualSprintRelay 1988 Calgary Silver Silver Gold 1992 Albertville — 25th Silver 1994 Lillehammer 24th — —
World Championships 7 medals (4 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze) EventIndividualSprintTeamRelay 1986 Oslo Holmenkollen Gold Gold Gold 1987 Lake Placid 4th 5th Silver 1989 Feistritz 27th 11th — — 1990 Minsk Gold 8th 4th 5th 1991 Lahti — 7th Bronze — 1993 Borovets 57th 34th — Silver *During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program. **Team was added as an event in 1989.
Individual victories 6 victories (5 In, 1 Sp) Season Date Location Discipline Level 1985–86 3 victories (2 In, 1 Sp) 16 January 1986 Antholz-Anterselva20 km individualBiathlon World Cup 20 February 1986 Oslo Holmenkollen20 km individualBiathlon World Championships 22 February 1986 Oslo Holmenkollen10 km sprintBiathlon World Championships 1986–87 2 victories (2 In) 18 December 1986 Obertauern20 km individualBiathlon World Cup 19 February 1987 Canmore20 km individualBiathlon World Cup 1989–90 1 victory (1 In) 3 March 1990 Minsk20 km individualBiathlon World Championships *Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.
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