Fyodor Simashev

Fyodor Simashev
Personal information
Full name Fyodor Petrovich Simashev
Born 13 March 1945
Verkhny Bagryazh, Tatarstan, USSR
Died 19 December 1997 (aged 52)
Zainsk, Tatarstan, Russia
Height 166 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport Cross-country skiing
Club Dynamo Moscow
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1972 Sapporo 4×10 km
1972 Sapporo 15 km
World Championships
1970 Vysoké Tatry 4×10 km
1970 Vysoké Tatry 15 km
1974 Falun 4×10 km

Fyodor Petrovich Simashev (Russian: Федор Петрович Симашев, 13 March 1945 – 19 December 1997) was a Russian cross-country skier who competed at the 1968 and 1972 Winter Olympics. In 1968 he only entered the 15 km race and placed 26th. In 1972 he won a gold medal in the 4×10 km and a silver in the 15 km, placing sixth-eighth in the 30 km and 50 km events. He won another relay gold medal and two individual medals at the 1970 World Championships. Domestically he won twelve Soviet titles: in the 15 km (1968), 30 km (1969, 1971, 1973), 50 km (1974) and 4×10 km relay (1968–70, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976). In 1972 he was awarded Order of the Badge of Honor.[1]

After retiring from competitions Simashov worked as a sports official in Zainsk until his death in 1997.[1] Since 1971, an annual junior cross-country skiing competition in his honor has been held in Zainsk.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Fyodor Simashev Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.. sports-reference.com
  2. ↑ Памяти Федора Симашева. sportsreda.ru (12 February 2010)


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