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. Fyodor Simashev. sports-reference.com
2. Памяти Федора Симашева. sportsreda.ru (12 February 2010)

External links

• Fyodor Simashev at the International Ski Federation
• Fyodor Simashev's grave (Russian)