Vyacheslav Yemelyanovich Dryagin (; September 20, 1940, in

Kirov, Kirov Oblast Kirov (, ), formerly known as Vyatka ( rus, Вя́тка, links=no, a=, p= �vʲatka until 1934 and as Khlynov () from 1457 to 1780, is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and administrative center of Kirov Oblast, Russia ...

– February 22, 2002) was a

Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

Nordic combined Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first 1924 Winter Olympics, Winter Olympics in ...

skier who competed in the early 1960s and the early 1970s. He won a bronze medal in the individual event at the

1970 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1970 took place on 14–22 February 1970 in Vysoké Tatry, Czechoslovakia (present-day Slovakia). This was the second time this city hosted the event having done so in 1935. It was the first time an event was ...

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. Dryagin finished seventh in the individual event at the

1964 Winter Olympics The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 (), were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964. The city was a ...

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. He also finished eighth in the individual event at the

1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. The 1968 Winter Games marked the first time ...

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1940 births 2002 deaths Nordic combined skiers at the 1964 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1968 Winter Olympics Nordic combined skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics Olympic Nordic combined skiers for the Soviet Union Soviet male Nordic combined skiers FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in Nordic combined Winter World University Games medalists in Nordic combined FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union FISU World University Games silver medalists for the Soviet Union Competitors at the 1962 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 1964 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 1966 Winter Universiade Sportspeople from Kirov, Kirov Oblast {{nordic-skiing-bio-stub