Valeriy Vasilevich Kopayev (Russian: Валерий Васильевич Колаев); (15 July 1954 – 29 June 1979) was a Soviet nordic combined skier who competed in the 1970s. He finished seventh in the Nordic combined event at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.
References
- 1976 nordic combined results
- Information on Kapaev's death. (in Russian)
- Olympic nordic combined results: 1968-84
- Wallechinsky, David (1984). "Nordic Combined". In The Complete Book of the Olympics: 1896-1980. New York: Penguin Books. p. 624.
- Valeriy Kapaev's profile at Sports Reference.com
- Biography of Valeriy Kapaev (in Russian)
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- 1954 births
- 1979 deaths
- Nordic combined skiers at the 1976 Winter Olympics
- Olympic Nordic combined skiers for the Soviet Union
- Russian male Nordic combined skiers
- Soviet male Nordic combined skiers
- Sportspeople from the Republic of Karelia
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