Anatoly Nikolayevich Alyabyev (russian: Анато́лий Никола́евич Аля́бьев; 12 December 1951 – 11 January 2022) was a

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Life and career

Alyabyev was born in the village of Danilkovo,

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, Arkhangelsk Oblast. He initially trained at

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of Spartak in

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, but competed as a senior while training at the

Armed Forces sports society The Sports Clubs of the Armed Forces, Physical Culture and Sports Association of the Soviet Armed Forces (russian: спортивные клубы Армии �КА} ''sportivnye kluby Armiy, SKA''; russian: Физкультурно-спортив� ...

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. At the 1980 Olympics he was, together with

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the dominant biathlete taking gold medals in the 20 km and on the relay and bronze in the 10 km. Alyabyev best season came in 1980–1981, when he became second overall. Alyabyev was awarded

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(1980). He graduated from Lesgaft Military Institute of Physical Culture in 1981 and defended a dissertation for the

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Science degree in 1997. He died from

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Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

on 11 January 2022, at the age of 70.

Biathlon results

All results are sourced from the

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Olympic Games

''3 medals (2 gold, 1 bronze)''

World Championships

''2 medals (2 bronze)'' :''*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.''

Individual victories

''2 victories (1 In, 1 Sp)'' :''*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the

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and the

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alyabyev, Anatoly 1951 births 2022 deaths Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Spartak athletes Soviet male biathletes Biathletes at the 1980 Winter Olympics Olympic biathletes of the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1980 Winter Olympics Olympic medalists in biathlon Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Biathlon World Championships medalists Sportspeople from Arkhangelsk Oblast Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia