Aleksandr Vasilyevich Privalov (russian: Александр Васильевич Привалов; 6 August 1933 – 19 May 2021) was a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

biathlete The biathlon is a winter sport that combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. It is treated as a race, with contestants skiing through a cross-country trail whose distance is divided into shooting rounds. The shooting rounds are not time ...

. He received a bronze medal at the

1960 Winter Olympics The 1960 Winter Olympics (officially the VIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Squaw Valley 1960) were a winter multi-sport event held from February 18 to 28, 1960, at the Squaw Valley Resort (now known as Palisades Tahoe) in Squaw Valle ...

in Squaw Valley. He received a silver medal at the

1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (german: IX. Olympische Winterspiele) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 ( bar, Innschbruck 1964, label= Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebr ...

in Innsbruck.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the

International Biathlon Union The International Biathlon Union (IBU; german: Internationale Biathlon-Union) is the international governing body of biathlon. Its headquarters were in Salzburg, Austria, until May 2020, when the Federation moved to Anif, on the outskirts of the ...

Olympic Games

''2 medals (1 silver, 1 bronze)''

World Championships

''2 medals (2 silver)'' :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.'' :''**The team (time) event was removed in 1965, whilst the relay was added in 1966.''

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* 1933 births 2021 deaths Skiers from Moscow Soviet male biathletes Biathletes at the 1960 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 1964 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes of the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1960 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in biathlon Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Biathlon World Championships medalists Russian male biathletes {{USSR-biathlon-bio-stub