Alexey Prokurorov
Cross-country skier
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Prokurorov (left) in 2002
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Country | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Alexey Alexeyevich Prokurorov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
(
1964-03-25
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25 March 1964
Mishino , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union |
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Died |
10 October 2008
(2008-10-10)
(aged
44)
Vladimir , Russia |
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World Cup career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seasons | 18 – ( 1984 , 1986 – 2002 ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Individual wins | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team wins | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiv. podiums | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team podiums | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiv. starts | 156 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team starts | 47 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Overall titles | 0 – (4th in 1995 , 1996 ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alexey Alexeyevich Prokurorov ( Russian : Алексе́й Алексе́евич Прокуро́ров ; 25 March 1964 – 10 October 2008) was a Soviet / Russian cross-country skier who competed in the late 1980s and 1990s for both the Soviet Union and Russia .
Career
Prokurorov was born in the village of Mishino of Vladimir Oblast , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union .
Prokurorov's biggest successes were winning the gold medal in the 30 km freestyle and the silver medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary .
At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships , Prokurorov earned a total of six medals. This included one gold (30 km: 1997), one silver (10 km: 1997), and four bronzes (50 km: 1989, 4 × 10 km relay: 1993, 30 km: 1995, 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit: 1997). He also won the 50 km event twice at the Holmenkollen ski festival (1993, 1998). He also won the Russian championship title 13 times.
Prokurorov received the Holmenkollen medal , the highest Norwegian skiing award, in 1998 (shared with Fred Børre Lundberg , Larissa Lazutina and Harri Kirvesniemi ). [1]
Prokurorov was a flag bearer of Russian team at the 1998 Winter Olympics and 2002 Winter Olympics . [2]
Prokurorov retired after the 2001/2002 season at the age of 39. After retirement, he was Chief coach of the Russian women cross-country skiing team. He received state honors for his services to sports.
He died in a road crash in Vladimir on 10 October 2008, when he was hit by a car driven by a drunk man [3] as he was crossing the road. [4] [5]
Cross-country skiing results
All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS) . [6]
Olympic Games
- 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver)
Year | Age | 10 km | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | 50 km | Sprint |
4 × 10
km
relay |
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1988 | 23 | — | 18 | — | 1st | 38 | — | 2nd |
1992 | 27 | — | — | — | 21 | 4 | — | 5 |
1994 | 29 | 20 | — | 12 | 28 | 13 | — | 5 |
1998 | 33 | 31 | — | 18 | — | 4 | — | 5 |
2002 | 37 | — | — | 29 | — | 28 | — | — |
World Championships
- 6 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze)
Year | Age | 10 km |
15
km
classical |
15
km
freestyle |
Pursuit | 30 km | 50 km | Sprint |
4 × 10
km
relay |
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1989 | 24 | — | — | 4 | — | 6 | 3rd | — | 5 |
1991 | 26 | — | — | 13 | — | 14 | 6 | — | 5 |
1993 | 28 | — | — | — | — | 11 | 50 | — | 3rd |
1995 | 30 | 13 | — | — | 6 | 3rd | 18 | — | 6 |
1997 | 32 | 2nd | — | — | 3rd | 1st | 4 | — | 4 |
1999 | 34 | 4 | — | — | 7 | 28 | 26 | — | 7 |
2001 | 36 | — | 12 | — | — | 19 | 9 | — | — |
World Cup
Season | Age | Overall | Long Distance | Middle Distance | Sprint |
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1984 | 20 | 54 | — | — | — |
1986 | 22 | 18 | — | — | — |
1987 | 23 | 6 | — | — | — |
1988 | 24 | 9 | — | — | — |
1989 | 25 | 10 | — | — | — |
1990 | 26 | 14 | — | — | — |
1991 | 27 | 18 | — | — | — |
1992 | 28 | 20 | — | — | — |
1993 | 29 | 9 | — | — | — |
1994 | 30 | 9 | — | — | — |
1995 | 31 | 4 | — | — | — |
1996 | 32 | 4 | — | — | — |
1997 | 33 | 10 | 9 | — | 48 |
1998 | 34 | 14 | 6 | — | 28 |
1999 | 35 | 9 | 5 | — | 37 |
2000 | 36 | 36 | 14 | 35 | NC |
2001 | 37 | 29 | — | — | — |
2002 | 38 | 134 | — | — | — |
Individual podiums
- 9 victories
- 22 podiums
No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place |
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1 | 1986 – 87 | 1 March 1987 | Lahti , Finland | 30 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st |
2 | 7 March 1987 | Falun , Sweden | 30 km Individual F | World Cup | 2nd | |
3 | 1987 – 88 | 9 January 1988 | Kavgolovo , Soviet Union | 30 km Individual C | World Cup | 2nd |
4 | 15 February 1988 | Calgary , Canada | 30 km Individual C | Olympic Games [lower-alpha 1] | 1st | |
5 | 1988 – 89 | 26 February 1989 | Lahti , Finland | 50 km Individual F | World Championships [lower-alpha 1] | 3rd |
6 | 1989 – 90 | 6 March 1990 | Trondheim , Norway | 15 km Individual C | World Cup | 1st |
7 | 1992 – 93 | 18 December 1992 | Val di Fiemme , Italy | 30 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd |
8 | 13 March 1993 | Oslo , Norway | 30 km Individual C | World Cup | 1st | |
9 | 1993 – 94 | 19 March 1994 | Thunder Bay , Canada | 50 km Individual F | World Cup | 1st |
10 | 1994 – 95 | 14 December 1994 | Tauplitzalm , Austria | 15 km Individual C | World Cup | 1st |
11 | 8 January 1995 | Östersund , Sweden | 30 km Individual F | World Cup | 2nd | |
12 | 11 February 1995 | Oslo , Norway | 50 km Individual C | World Cup | 2nd | |
13 | 9 March 1995 | Thunder Bay , Canada | 30 km Individual C | World Championships [lower-alpha 1] | 3rd | |
14 | 1995 – 96 | 10 March 1996 | Kavgolovo , Russia | 15 km Individual C | World Cup | 1st |
15 | 24 February 1996 | Trondheim , Norway | 30 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd | |
16 | 3 March 1996 | Lahti , Finland | 30 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd | |
17 | 1996 – 97 | 21 February 1997 | Trondheim , Norway | 30 km Individual F | World Championships [lower-alpha 1] | 1st |
18 | 24 February 1997 | 10 km Individual C | World Championships [lower-alpha 1] | 2nd | ||
19 | 25 February 1997 | 15 km Pursuit F | World Championships [lower-alpha 1] | 3rd | ||
20 | 1997 – 98 | 14 March 1998 | Oslo , Norway | 50 km Individual C | World Cup | 1st |
21 | 1998 – 99 | 19 December 1998 | Davos , Switzerland | 30 km Individual C | World Cup | 2nd |
22 | 2000 – 01 | 4 March 2001 | Kavgolovo , Russia | 15 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd |
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Winter Olympics , World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.
Team podiums
- 3 victories
- 16 podiums
No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place | Teammates |
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1 | 1986 – 87 | 8 March 1987 | Falun , Sweden | 4 × 10 km Relay C | World Cup | 2nd | Batyuk / Sakhnov / Uschkalenko |
2 | 1987 – 88 | 24 February 1988 | Calgary , Canada | 4 × 10 km Relay F | Olympic Games [lower-alpha 1] | 2nd | Smirnov / Sakhnov / Devyatyarov |
3 | 1988 – 89 | 5 March 1989 | Oslo , Norway | 4 × 10 km Relay F | World Cup | 2nd | Badamshin / Smirnov / Sakhnov |
4 | 12 March 1989 | Falun , Sweden | 4 × 10 km Relay C | World Cup | 1st | Badamshin / Sakhnov / Smirnov | |
5 | 1989 – 90 | 1 March 1990 | Lahti , Finland | 4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Badamshin / Botvinov / Smirnov |
6 | 1990 – 91 | 1 March 1991 | Lahti , Finland | 4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Botvinov / Badamshin / Plaksunov |
7 | 1991 – 92 | 28 February 1992 | Lahti , Finland | 4 × 10 km Relay F | World Cup | 1st | Kirilov / Botvinov / Smirnov |
8 | 8 March 1992 | Funäsdalen , Sweden | 4 × 10 km Relay C | World Cup | 2nd | Kirilov / Botvinov / Smirnov | |
9 | 1992 – 93 | 26 February 1993 | Falun , Sweden | 4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Championships [lower-alpha 1] | 3rd | Kirilov / Badamshin / Botvinov |
10 | 5 March 1993 | Lahti , Finland | 4 × 10 km Relay C | World Cup | 2nd | Vorobyov / Badamshin / Botvinov | |
11 | 1995 – 96 | 1 March 1996 | Lahti , Finland | 4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 2nd | Tchepikov / Botvinov / Tchernych |
12 | 1997 – 98 | 7 December 1997 | Santa Caterina , Italy | 4 × 10 km Relay F | World Cup | 1st | Pitchouguine / Legotine / Tchepikov |
13 | 6 March 1998 | Lahti , Finland | 4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Legotine / Noutrikhin / Tchepikov | |
14 | 1998 – 99 | 14 March 1999 | Falun , Sweden | 4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Denisov / Ivanov / Vilisov |
15 | 21 March 1999 | Oslo , Norway | 4 × 10 km Relay C | World Cup | 2nd | Denisov / Ivanov / Vilisov | |
16 | 1999 – 00 | 13 January 2000 | Nové Město , Czech Republic | 4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Denisov / Ivanov / Vilisov |
- 1 2 Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Winter Olympics , World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.
References
- ↑ Holmenkollen medalists Archived February 24, 2007, at the Wayback Machine - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
- ↑ Alexi Prokourorov at the International Ski and Snowboard Federation
- ↑ Убийцу Прокуророва ждет суд , gazeta.ru
- ↑ Олимпийский чемпион Алексей Прокуроров погиб в ДТП , gazeta.ru.
- ↑ "Former Olympic champion skier Alexei Prokurorov dies at age 44" . The Canadian Press . Moscow . 2008-10-10 . Retrieved 2008-10-11 . [ dead link ]
- ↑ "Athlete : PROKOUROROV Alexei" . FIS-Ski . International Ski Federation . Retrieved 12 March 2018 .
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