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Chapters: Vladimir Mikhaylovich Smirnov, Svetlana Malahova-Shishkina, Alexey Poltaranin, Oxana Jatskaja, Nikolay Chebotko, Sergey Cherepanov, Elena Kolomina, Pavel Riabinine, Tatjana Roshina, Yevgeniy Velichko. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 28. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Vladimir Mikhaylovich Smirnov (Russian: ; born March 7, 1964, Shuchinsk, Tselinograd Oblast, Kazakh SSR) is an Kazakhstani former cross country skier who raced from the mid-1980s until 1988 for the USSR and, later, for his native country. In Soviet time he trained at Armed Forces sports society in Alma-Ata. In 1994, he received the Holmenkollen Medal (shared with Lyubov Yegorova and Espen Bredesen). Smirnov made his debut in the FIS Cross-Country World Cup on December 18, 1982 at Davos in a 15 km race, obtaining a 17th place. His first victory came in 1986, a classic style 15 km in Kavgolovo (URSS). Smirnov gained a total of 29 victories in the World Cup, with 22 second and 15 third places. In 1994, he won the aggregate World Cup, thanks to seven victories in the course of the season. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships from 1987 to 1997, Smirnov totalled four gold (1989: 30 km, 1995: 10 km, 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit, 30 km), four silver (1987: 4x10 km, 1991: 30 km, 1993: 10 km, 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit) and three bronze medals (1991: 15 km, 1993: 30 km, 1995: 50 km). His best result was in Thunder Bay, Ontario (1995), when he won three events. Smirnov also won twice at the Holmenkollen ski festival with a 15 km win in 1994 and a 50 km win in 1995. A very regular and effective cross-country skier, especially in long-distance classic style races, Smirnov took part to the Winter Olympics from 1988 to 1998. His best known victory was the 50 km gold medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lilleh...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4203144 ... Read more

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Chapters: Vladimir Mikhaylovich Smirnov, Larisa Lazutina, Raisa Smetanina, Galina Kulakova, Alexey Prokurorov, Alevtina Kolchina, Anfisa Reztsova, Nina Gavrilyuk, Pavel Kolchin, Vyacheslav Vedenin, Nikolay Zimyatov, Lyubov Kozyreva, Yevgeny Belyayev, Tamara Tikhonova, Klavdiya Boyarskikh, Vasily Pavlovich Rochev, Mikhail Kaaleste, Radya Yeroshina, Nikolay Anikin, Nina Fyodorova, Maria Gusakova, Alexander Zavyalov, Mikhail Devyatyarov, Vladimir Kuzin, Fyodor Terentyev, Fyodor Simashev, Antonina Ordina, Zinaida Amosova, Valentina Grigoryeva, Alevtina Olyunina, Nina Rocheva, Gennady Vaganov, Nikolay Bazhukov, Lyubov Zabolotskaya, Svetlana Nageykina, Sergey Savelyev, Aleksey Kuznetsov, Vladimir Voronkov, Vladimir Sakhnov, Alexander Batyuk, Anatoly Shelyukhin, Vida Vencienė, Ivan Utrobin, Yuri Skobov, Rita Achkina, Ivan Garanin, Yevdokiya Mekshilo, Vladimir Nikitin, Yuliya Shamshurina, Andrey Kirilov, Liliya Vasilchenko, Lyubov Mukhachyova, Lyubov Lyadova, Igor Voronchikhin, Yuriy Burlakov, Valery Tarakanov, Valentina Tsaryova, Nikolay Koslov, Galina Pilyushenko, Gennadiy Lasutin, Margarita Maslennikova, Nadesha Burlakova. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 135. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Vladimir Mikhaylovich Smirnov (Russian: ; born March 7, 1964, Shuchinsk, Tselinograd Oblast, Kazakh SSR) is an Kazakhstani former cross country skier who raced from the mid-1980s until 1988 for the USSR and, later, for his native country. In Soviet time he trained at Armed Forces sports society in Alma-Ata. In 1994, he received the Holmenkollen Medal (shared with Lyubov Yegorova and Espen Bredesen). Smirnov made his debut in the FIS Cross-Country World Cup on December 18, 1982 at Davos in a 15 km race, obtaining a 17th place. His first victory came in 1986, a classic style 15 km in Kavgolovo (URSS...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4203144 ... Read more

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Chapters: Vladimir Mikhaylovich Smirnov, Dmitriy Karpov, Yermakhan Ibraimov, Yerkebulan Shynaliyev, Arman Chilmanov, Vladimir Vokhmyanin, Serik Yeleuov, Maulen Mamyrov, Mariya Grabovetskaya, Mkhitar Manukyan, Lyudmila Prokasheva, Bolat Niyazymbetov, Yelena Shalygina, Nurbakyt Tengizbayev, Asset Mambetov, Marid Mutalimov. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 40. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Vladimir Mikhaylovich Smirnov (Russian: ; born March 7, 1964, Shuchinsk, Tselinograd Oblast, Kazakh SSR) is an Kazakhstani former cross country skier who raced from the mid-1980s until 1988 for the USSR and, later, for his native country. In Soviet time he trained at Armed Forces sports society in Alma-Ata. In 1994, he received the Holmenkollen Medal (shared with Lyubov Yegorova and Espen Bredesen). Smirnov made his debut in the FIS Cross-Country World Cup on December 18, 1982 at Davos in a 15 km race, obtaining a 17th place. His first victory came in 1986, a classic style 15 km in Kavgolovo (URSS). Smirnov gained a total of 29 victories in the World Cup, with 22 second and 15 third places. In 1994, he won the aggregate World Cup, thanks to seven victories in the course of the season. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships from 1987 to 1997, Smirnov totalled four gold (1989: 30 km, 1995: 10 km, 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit, 30 km), four silver (1987: 4x10 km, 1991: 30 km, 1993: 10 km, 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit) and three bronze medals (1991: 15 km, 1993: 30 km, 1995: 50 km). His best result was in Thunder Bay, Ontario (1995), when he won three events. Smirnov also won twice at the Holmenkollen ski festival with a 15 km win in 1994 and a 50 km win in 1995. A very regular and effective cross-country skier, especially in long-distance classic style races, Smirnov took part to the Winter O...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4203144 ... Read more

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Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Stefania Belmondo, Manuela Di Centa, Vladimir Mikhaylovich Smirnov, Larisa Lazutina, Gunde Svan, Raisa Smetanina, Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi, Alexey Prokurorov, Vegard Ulvang, Marjo Matikainen-Kallström, Anfisa Reztsova, Thomas Wassberg, Harri Kirvesniemi, Oddvar Brå, Nina Gavrilyuk, Maurilio de Zolt, Hans Anton Aalien, Torgny Mogren, Inger Helene Nybråten, Simone Greiner-Petter-Memm, Pierre Harvey, Trude Dybendahl, Tamara Tikhonova, Arturo Kinch, Giorgio Vanzetta, Anne Jahren, Mikhail Devyatyarov, Jan Ottosson, Markus Gandler, Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass, Václav Korunka, Marit Mikkelsplass, Svetlana Nageykina, Jaana Savolainen, Jari Räsänen, Jochen Behle, Marie-Helene Östlund, Vladimir Sakhnov, Vida Vencienė, Pavel Benc, Torgeir Bjørn, Pirkko Määttä, Radim Nyč, Athanassios Tsakiris, Ladislav Švanda, Rusiate Rogoyawa, Marianne Dahlmo, Alžbeta Havrančíková, Leslie Thompson, Jürg Capol, Karin Lamberg-Skog, Evi Kratzer, Martin Petrásek, Tuulikki Pyykkönen, Jeremias Wigger, Herbert Fritzenwenger, Ľubomíra Balážová, Nancy Fiddler, Uwe Bellmann, Kari Ristanen, Giachem Guidon, Yuriy Burlakov, Lis Frost, Christina Gilli-Brügger, Věra Klimková, Tuulikki Pyykönen, Simone Opitz, Anna-Lena Fritzon, Karin Thomas, Georg Fischer, Holger Bauroth, Guidina Dal Sasso, Silviano Barco, Walter Kuss, Andi Grünenfelder, Albert Walder, Jari Laukkanen, Kerstin Mohring, Gianfranco Polvara, Sandra Parpan, Leslie Krichko, Silke Braun, Dorcas Denhartog, Ivana Rádlová, Ron Howden. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Stefania Belmondo (born 13 January 1969) is an Italian former cross-country skier. Belmondo was born in Vinadio, in the province of Cuneo (Piedmont), the daughter of a housewife and an electric company employee. She started to ski at the age of three in the Piedmontese mount...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=3094787 ... Read more