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Nikolay Zimyatov
Nikolay Zimyatov in 2008
Country	Russia
Born	(1955-06-28) 28 June 1955 (age 69) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
World Cup career
Seasons	5 – (1982–1985, 1988)
Indiv. starts	17
Indiv. podiums	2
Indiv. wins	2
Team starts	2
Team podiums	1
Team wins	0
Overall titles	0 – (6th in 1984)
Medal record Men's cross-country skiing Representing  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1980 Lake Placid 30 km 1980 Lake Placid 50 km 1980 Lake Placid 4 × 10 km relay 1984 Sarajevo 30 km 1984 Sarajevo 4 × 10 km relay World Championships 1978 Lahti 30 km

Nikolay Semyonovich Zimyatov (Russian: Николай Семёнович Зимятов; born 28 June 1955), is a Soviet and Russian cross-country skier. He was the first man in the sport to win three gold medals at a single Winter Olympics, in the 30 km, 50 km and 4 × 10 km relay at the 1980 Lake Placid Games. In the 50 km race he finished two and half minutes ahead of the second place. He also won the 30 km event at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo and was awarded Order of Friendship of Peoples that year.

At the world championships Zimyatov won only one medal, a silver over 30 km in 1978. Nationally he collected four Soviet titles: in the 30 km and 4 × 10 km relay in 1978, and in the 15 and 30 km in 1979. After retiring from competitions he had a long career as a cross-country skiing coach and prepared the Russian team for the 2002 Olympics. In 1980 he married a fellow international skier Lyubov Sykova.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games

• 5 medals – (4 gold, 1 silver)

World Championships

• 1 medal – (1 silver)

World Cup

Season standings

Individual podiums

• 2 victories
• 2 podiums

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place
1	1983–84	10 December 1983	Reit im Winkl, West Germany	15 km Individual	World Cup	1st
2		10 February 1984	Sarajevo, Yugoslavia	30 km Individual	Olympic Games	1st

Team podiums

• 1 podium

No.	Season	Date	Location	Race	Level	Place	Teammates
1	1983–84	16 February 1984	Sarajevo, Yugoslavia	4 × 10 km Relay	Olympic Games	2nd	Batyuk / Zavyalov / Nikitin

Note: Until the 1994 Olympics, Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

References

1. ^ Nikolay Zimyatov. Encyclopaedia Britannica
2. Panorama of the 1984 Sports Year (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. 1985. p. 37.
3. "Athlete : ZIMJATOV Nikolaj". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 31 March 2018.

External links

• Nikolaj Zimjatov at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
• (in Russian) Biography and photos

• 1955 births
• Living people
• Olympic cross-country skiers for the Soviet Union
• Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
• Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
• Soviet male cross-country skiers
• Spartak (sports society) sportspeople
• Russian male cross-country skiers
• Cross-country skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics
• Cross-country skiers at the 1984 Winter Olympics
• Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
• Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples
• Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
• Olympic medalists in cross-country skiing
• FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in cross-country skiing
• Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics
• Medalists at the 1980 Winter Olympics
• 20th-century Russian sportsmen