Valentin Yuryevich Novikov (; born 1 October 1974)Valentin Novikov World of O Runners (Retrieved on June 18, 2008) is a Russian orienteering competitor. He is the brother of Leonid Novikov.
World championships He finished second in the 2004 World Orienteering Championships, Middle distance,World Orienteering Championship, senior statistics 1966-2006 (Retrieved on December 8, 2007) and third in 2007. He is a two time Relay World Champion, from 2006 and 2007, as a member of the Russian winning teams, and earned a silver medal in 2004.
European championships Novikov received two individual gold medals at the 2000 European Championships in Truskavets, and a bronze medal at the 2006 European Championships in Otepää. He received also a gold medal in the relay at the 2008 European Orienteering Championships in Ventspils, together with Andrey Khramov and Dmitriy Tsvetkov.EOC - Relay – IOF, LOF. – 01.06.08 – Relay Men (Retrieved on June 24, 2008)
Other international results In 2004 Valentin became the first non-Scandinavian man who won O-Ringen.Winners of the men's class — oringen.se
Novikov was part of the winning team in Jukola in 2008. He made a decisive last leg.
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