Anatoly Alyabyev
{{Short description|Soviet biathlete (1951–2022)}}
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{{Infobox biathlete
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| fullname = Anatoly Nikolayevich Alyabyev
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1951|12|12}}
| birth_place = Danilkovo,
Velsky District,
Arkhangelsk Oblast,
Russin SFSR, USSR
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|1|11|1951|12|12|df=y}}
| death_place = Saint Petersburg, Russia
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| disciplines = Biathlon
| club = SKA St. Petersburg
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| olympicteams = 1 (1980)
| olympicmedals = 3
| olympicgolds = 2
| worldsteams = 2 (1981, 1982)
| worldsmedals = 2
| worldsgolds = 0
| wcseasons = 5 (1977/78–1981/82)
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{{MedalSport|Men's biathlon}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold|1980 Lake Placid|20 km individual}}
{{MedalGold|1980 Lake Placid|4 × 7.5 km relay}}
{{MedalBronze|1980 Lake Placid|10 km sprint}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|1981 Lahti|4 × 7.5 km relay}}
{{MedalBronze|1982 Minsk|4 × 7.5 km relay}}
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Anatoly Nikolayevich Alyabyev ({{langx|ru|Анато́лий Никола́евич Аля́бьев}}; 12 December 1951 – 11 January 2022) was a Soviet biathlete.{{Cite web|title=Ушел из жизни двукратный олимпийский чемпион Анатолий Алябьев|url=http://biathlonrus.com/news/ushel-iz-zhizni-dvukratnyy-olimpiyskiy-chempion-anatoliy-alyabev/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-11|work=Russian Biathlon Union|language=ru|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111074125/https://biathlonrus.com/news/ushel-iz-zhizni-dvukratnyy-olimpiyskiy-chempion-anatoliy-alyabev/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 }}
Life and career
Alyabyev was born in the village of Danilkovo, Velsky District, Arkhangelsk Oblast. He initially trained at Children and Youth Sport School of Spartak in Vologda, but competed as a senior while training at the Armed Forces sports society in Leningrad. At the 1980 Olympics he was, together with Frank Ullrich the dominant biathlete taking gold medals in the 20 km and on the relay and bronze in the 10 km. Alyabyev best season came in 1980–1981, when he became second overall.
Alyabyev was awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1980). He graduated from Lesgaft Military Institute of Physical Culture in 1981 and defended a dissertation for the Candidate of Pedagogical Science degree in 1997. He died from COVID-19 in Saint Petersburg on 11 January 2022, at the age of 70.{{Cite news|date=2022-01-11|title=«Причина смерти — это все-таки ковид» — Васильев о кончине Алябьева|url=https://matchtv.ru/biathlon/matchtvnews_NI1467765_Dmitrij_VasiljevPrichina_smerti__eto_vse_taki_kovid__Vasiljev_o_konchine_Alabjeva|access-date=2022-01-11|work=Match TV|language=ru-RU}}{{Cite news|title=Умер двукратный олимпийский чемпион по биатлону Анатолий Алябьев|url=https://sportrbc.ru/news/61dd2bad9a79478c7b290198|access-date=2022-01-11|work=РБК Спорт|language=ru}}
Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.{{cite web|url=http://services.biathlonresults.com/Results.aspx |title=Search results |author= |website=IBU Datacenter |publisher=International Biathlon Union |access-date=22 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627121310/http://services.biathlonresults.com/Results.aspx |archivedate=27 June 2015 }}
=Olympic Games=
3 medals (2 gold, 1 bronze)
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| align=left |{{flagicon|United States}} 1980 Lake Placid
| style="background:gold;"| Gold | style="background:#cfaa88;"| Bronze | style="background:gold;"| Gold |
=World Championships=
2 medals (2 bronze)
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| align=left |{{flagicon|FIN}} 1981 Lahti
| 6th | 7th | style="background:#cfaa88;"| Bronze |
| align=left |{{flagicon|URS}} 1982 Minsk
| — | 10th | style="background:#cfaa88;"| Bronze |
:*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
=Individual victories=
2 victories (1 In, 1 Sp)
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| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"| 1978–79 1 victory (1 In) | 30 March 1979 | {{flagicon|FIN}} Sodankylä | 20 km individual | Biathlon World Cup |
| rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"| 1980–81 1 victory (1 Sp) | 24 January 1981 | {{flagicon|ITA}} Antholz-Anterselva | 10 km sprint | Biathlon World Cup |
:*Results are from UIPMB and IBU races which include the Biathlon World Cup, Biathlon World Championships and the Winter Olympic Games.
References
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External links
- {{SR/Olympics profile|al/anatoly-alyabyev-1}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|anatoly-alyabyev}}
- {{Cite web |url=http://www.vologda-oblast.ru/persones.asp?LNG=RUS&CODE=570&CPage=1&V=30&PS=0&T=&W=&F= |title=Biography |access-date=8 September 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312064851/http://www.vologda-oblast.ru/persones.asp?LNG=RUS&CODE=570&CPage=1&V=30&PS=0&T=&W=&F= |archive-date=12 March 2007 |url-status=bot: unknown |language=ru}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions Men 20km Biathlon}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions Biathlon Relay Men}}
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Category:Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
Category:Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Category:Spartak (sports society) sportspeople
Category:Soviet male biathletes
Category:Biathletes at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic biathletes for the Soviet Union
Category:Medalists at the 1980 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic medalists in biathlon
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Category:Biathlon World Championships medalists