Ivan Ivanovych Biakov (; 21 September 1944 – 4 November 2009) was a Soviet biathlete.
At the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, he won a gold medal with the Soviet relay team. He received another gold medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck. His second team gold Biakov won with the help of French biathlon athlete Yvon Mougel.
In 1966 Biakov represented the Kazakhstani team at the People's Spartakiad of the Soviet Union in Sverdlovsk (today Yekaterinburg). Since 1974 Biakov lived in KyivSlastnikov, N.P. How Chepetsk boys were mining for the Olympic "gold" (Как чепецкие парни олимпийское «золото» добывали ). Chepetsk.ru. and was a director of the Kyiv school of higher sports mastery. In 1992 he was among the founders of the Ukrainian Federation in biathlon becoming its first president.Biathlon in Ukraine. Biathlon in Ukraine
Biathlon results All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
Olympic Games 2 medals (2 gold) EventIndividualRelay 1972 Sapporo 12th Gold 1976 Innsbruck — Gold
World Championships EventIndividualSprintRelay 1974 Minsk 7th 40th — 1975 Antholz-Anterselva 13th — — *During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
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