Dmitri Sokolov (biathlete)
{{Short description|Russian biathlete}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Biathlon World Championships}}
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{{MedalSilver|1961 Umeå|20 km team}}
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Dmitri Petrovich Sokolov ({{langx|ru|Дмитрий Петрович Соколов}}; 20 May 1924 – 4 July 2009) was a Russian biathlon competitor who won one gold and three silver medals at the world championships in 1958–61. He competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics and finished sixth.
Life and work
Dmitri Petrovich Sokolov was born on May 20, 1924, in the village of {{Interlanguage link|Fadyushino|ru|Фадюшино}}, Yurgamyshsky District, {{Interlanguage link|Kurgansky Okrug|ru|Курганский округ}}, Ural Oblast, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (now Kurgan Oblast, Russia).
After graduating from school Sokolov worked at a cement factory in Chelyabinsk and between 1942 and 1952 served in the Red Army (from 1946 – Soviet Army). He fought in World War II and in 1985 was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War.
In 1952-1958 he lived in Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast, worked as a coach in skiing and biathlon.
In 1958–1964 he lived in Ufa, Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, while competing himself, Sokolov coached biathlon and cross-country skiing.
Since 1966 he lived in Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast,
Buried in the Zajkovskoe cemetery in Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast, Russia.
Awards and honours
- Order of the Patriotic War 2nd class (1985)
- Medal "For Distinguished Labour" (1959)
- Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (1945)
- {{Interlanguage link|Honored Coach of the RSFSR|ru|Заслуженный тренер}} (1965)
- Honored Master of Sports of Russia (1995)
References
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[http://www.dynamo.su/news/6291/ Курганскому "Динамо" – 70 лет!] dynamo.su (4 March 2013)
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{{Footer World Champions Biathlon Team Men}}
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Category:Biathletes at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Category:Soviet male biathletes
Category:Olympic biathletes for the Soviet Union
Category:Biathlon World Championships medalists
Category:Burials in Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast
Category:Soviet military personnel of World War II
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