Soviet cross-country skier (1932–2009)
Nikolay Petrovich Anikin (Russian : Николай Петрович Аникин ; also transliterated as Nikolai or Nikolaj ; 25 January 1932 – 14 November 2009) was a Soviet cross-country skier who competed during the late 1950s and early 1960s, training at Dynamo in Moscow . He was born in Ishim , Tyumen Oblast , Russia , USSR .
Medals
He earned three medals at the Winter Olympics with two medals in the 4x10 km relay (gold: 1956, bronze: 1960 ) and a bronze in the 30 km (1960). He also earned a silver medal in the 4x10 km relay at the 1958 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships .[ 1]
Awards
He was awarded Order of the Badge of Honor (1957).
Coaching career
In 1963 Anikin started coaching for the Soviet national junior and senior teams with whom he spent 27 years ultimately becoming head coach. He moved to Salt Lake City, UT in 1990 to coach the U.S. National Team, then to Marquette, MI to work at an Olympic training program. He settled in Duluth MN in 1994 where he coached elite, masters and junior skiers for the remainder of his career.[ 2]
Death
Anikin died from cancer at his home in Duluth, Minnesota , aged 77.[ 3]
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1936 : Sulo Nurmela , Klaes Karppinen , Matti Lähde , Kalle Jalkanen (FIN ) 1948 : Nils Östensson , Nils Täpp , Gunnar Eriksson , Martin Lundström (SWE ) 1952 : Heikki Hasu , Paavo Lonkila , Urpo Korhonen , Tapio Mäkelä (FIN ) 1956 : Fyodor Terentyev , Pavel Kolchin , Nikolay Anikin , Vladimir Kuzin (URS ) 1960 : Toimi Alatalo , Eero Mäntyranta , Väinö Huhtala , Veikko Hakulinen (FIN ) 1964 : Karl-Åke Asph , Sixten Jernberg , Janne Stefansson , Assar Rönnlund (SWE ) 1968 : Odd Martinsen , Pål Tyldum , Harald Grønningen , Ole Ellefsæter (NOR ) 1972 : Vladimir Voronkov , Yuri Skobov , Fyodor Simashev , Vyacheslav Vedenin (URS ) 1976 : Matti Pitkänen , Juha Mieto , Pertti Teurajärvi , Arto Koivisto (FIN ) 1980 : Vasily Rochev , Nikolay Bazhukov , Yevgeny Belyayev , Nikolay Zimyatov (URS ) 1984 : Thomas Wassberg , Benny Kohlberg , Jan Ottosson , Gunde Svan (SWE ) 1988 : Jan Ottosson , Thomas Wassberg , Gunde Svan , Torgny Mogren (SWE ) 1992 : Terje Langli , Vegard Ulvang , Kristen Skjeldal , Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR ) 1994 : Maurilio De Zolt , Marco Albarello , Giorgio Vanzetta , Silvio Fauner (ITA ) 1998 : Sture Sivertsen , Erling Jevne , Bjørn Dæhlie , Thomas Alsgaard (NOR ) 2002 : Anders Aukland , Frode Estil , Kristen Skjeldal , Thomas Alsgaard (NOR ) 2006 : Fulvio Valbusa , Giorgio Di Centa , Pietro Piller Cottrer , Cristian Zorzi (ITA ) 2010 : Daniel Rickardsson , Johan Olsson , Anders Södergren , Marcus Hellner (SWE ) 2014 : Lars Nelson , Daniel Rickardsson , Johan Olsson , Marcus Hellner (SWE ) 2018 : Didrik Tønseth , Martin Johnsrud Sundby , Simen Hegstad Krüger , Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR ) 2022 : Aleksey Chervotkin , Alexander Bolshunov , Denis Spitsov , Sergey Ustiugov (ROC )
