Fyodor Simashev

{{short description|Russian cross-country skier}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}

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| name = Fyodor Simashev

| image = Fyodor Simashev.jpg

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| fullname = Fyodor Petrovich Simashev

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| birth_date = 13 March 1945

| birth_place = Verkhny Bagryazh, Tatarstan, Russian SFSR, USSR

| death_date =19 December 1997 (aged 52)

| death_place = Zainsk, Tatarstan, Russia

| height = 166 cm

| weight = 63 kg

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| sport = Cross-country skiing

| club = Dynamo Moscow

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| show-medals = yes

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{{MedalCountry|the {{URS}}}}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalGold | 1972 Sapporo | 4×10 km}}

{{MedalSilver | 1972 Sapporo | 15 km}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 1970 Vysoké Tatry | 4×10 km}}

{{MedalBronze | 1970 Vysoké Tatry | 15 km}}

{{MedalSilver | 1974 Falun | 4×10 km}}

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Fyodor Petrovich Simashev ({{langx|ru|Фёдор Петрович Симашёв}}, 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.

After retiring from competitions Simashov worked as a sports official in Zainsk until his death in 1997.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/fyodor-simashov-1.html |title=Fyodor Simashov |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305135213/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/si/fyodor-simashov-1.html |archivedate=5 March 2016}} Since 1971, an annual junior cross-country skiing competition in his honor has been held in Zainsk.[http://sportsreda.ru/news/2010/fevral/skiing/pamyati_fedora_simasheva Памяти Федора Симашева] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809150453/http://sportsreda.ru/news/2010/fevral/skiing/pamyati_fedora_simasheva |date=9 August 2016 }}. sportsreda.ru (12 February 2010)