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Albina Akhatova
Albina Akhatova (Альбина Ахатова), Russian biathlete born 1976 in Nikolsk, Vologda; five Olympic medals including 2006 relay gold, ten world championship medals, career ended by a 2009 EPO doping sanction.
Aleksandr Tikhonov
Aleksandr Tikhonov (Александр Иванович Тихонов), born 1947, is a retired Soviet biathlete who won four straight Olympic 4 × 7.5 km relay golds and later served as IBU Vice-President.
Aleksandr Yelizarov
Aleksandr Matveyevich Yelizarov (Александр Матвеевич Елизаров), Soviet biathlete born 1952 in Penza Oblast; 1976 Innsbruck Olympic relay gold and 20 km individual bronze, 1977 world relay champion.
Algimantas Salna
Algimantas Šalna (Algis Shalna), born 1959, Lithuanian biathlete who won 1984 Sarajevo relay gold for the USSR, the first Lithuanian Winter Olympic medalist, and later coached US biathlon 1991–2023.
Alyona Mokhova
Alyona Mokhova (Алёна Александровна Мохова, born 2002), Russian biathlete. Won gold in the girls' 10 km individual and girls' sprint and silver in the mixed relay at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne.
Anatoly Alyabyev
Anatoly Alyabyev (Анатолий Николаевич Алябьев, 1951-2022), Soviet biathlete, triple medalist at the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics: gold in the 20 km individual and relay, bronze in the sprint; later coach of the Russian national team.
Anfisa Reztsova
Anfisa Reztsova (Анфиса Резцова), Soviet and Russian biathlete and cross-country skier, the only person with Olympic gold in both sports: 1988 relay, 1992 sprint, 1994 relay; died October 2023 at 58.
Anna Bogaly Titovets
Anna Bogaly Titovets (Анна Богалий-Титовец, also spelled Anna Bogaliy-Titovets) is a retired Russian biathlete who won two consecutive Olympic relay golds, in 2006 and 2010.
Anton Shipulin (Антон Владимирович Шипулин)
Anton Shipulin (Антон Владимирович Шипулин), born 1987 in Tyumen, is a retired Russian biathlete, 2014 Sochi relay Olympic champion (later vacated), 2017 world relay champion, and a State Duma deputy; brother of Anastasia Kuzmina.
Galina Kukleva
Galina Alekseyevna Kukleva (Галина Алексеевна Куклева), Russian biathlete (1972–2026), 1998 Nagano Olympic sprint champion, three-time Olympic medalist, six world championship medals, 23 World Cup wins, retired 2003.
Ivan Byakov
Ivan Byakov (Иван Иванович Бяков, Іван Іванович Бяков), Soviet-Ukrainian biathlete, 1944-2009. Won 4x7.5 km relay gold at Sapporo 1972 and Innsbruck 1976; first president of the Ukrainian Biathlon Federation.
Nadezhda Talanova
Nadezhda Talanova (Надежда Александровна Таланова), born 1967 in Kizner, Russian biathlete; 1994 Lillehammer Olympic relay gold skiing the first leg, world and European medals, later Smolensk coach and deputy.
Nataliya Snytina
Nataliya Snytina (Наталья Снытина, born 1971, Zlatoust) is a Russian biathlete who won gold in the women's relay at the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics after one World Cup season, then retired.
Nikolay Kruglov
Nikolay Kruglov: Nikolay Konstantinovich Kruglov (born 1950), Soviet biathlete with two 1976 Innsbruck Olympic golds, and his son Nikolay Nikolaevich Kruglov (born 1981), 2006 Olympic relay silver medalist and four-time world relay champion.
Nikolay Puzanov
Nikolay Puzanov (Николай Васильевич Пузанов, 1938–2008), Soviet biathlete, 1968 Grenoble Olympic relay gold medalist and four-time World Championship medalist; not the lawyer Nikolay Polozov or other namesakes.
Oleg Domichek
Oleg Domichek (Олег Евгеньевич Домичек), Russian biathlete born 2002 in Biysk, Altai Krai; 2020 Lausanne Winter Youth Olympic champion in the boys' 12.5 km individual and mixed relay silver medalist, later a Russian championship medalist.
Olga Pylyova Medvedtseva
Olga Pylyova-Medvedtseva (Olga Pyleva, Olga Medvedtseva), Russian biathlete born 1975 in Borodino; two Olympic golds (2002 pursuit, 2010 relay), 2006 carphedon doping disqualification, six world titles.
Olga Zaitseva (Ольга Алексеевна Зайцева)
Olga Zaitseva (Ольга Алексеевна Зайцева), born 1978 in Moscow, Russian biathlete; two Olympic relay golds (2006, 2010), 2010 mass start silver, three world titles; Sochi 2014 results disqualified for doping, upheld by CAS in 2020.
Rinnat Safin
Rinnat Safin (Риннат Ибрагимович Сафин), also listed as Rinat Safin, Soviet biathlete (1940-2014); 1972 Sapporo Olympic relay gold medalist, four-time world relay champion 1969-1973, Dynamo Leningrad.
Sergey Bulygin
Sergey Bulygin (Сергей Иванович Булыгин), Soviet biathlete born 1963 in Novosibirsk Oblast; 1984 Sarajevo Olympic relay gold, four world titles (relay 1983, 1985, 1986; team 1989), later Belarus coach and presidential advisor.
Sergey Chepikov
Sergey Chepikov (Сергей Чепиков, 1967–2026), Soviet and Russian biathlete and cross-country skier; two-time Olympic champion (1988 relay, 1994 sprint), six Olympic medals, two World Cup titles, later State Duma deputy.
Sergey Tarasov
Sergey Petrovich Tarasov (Сергей Петрович Тарасов), Russian biathlete born 1965; 1994 Olympic 20 km champion and triple Lillehammer medalist; missed 1992 after a wrong-blood transfusion.
Svetlana Ishmuratova
Svetlana Ishmuratova (Светлана Ирековна Ишмуратова), born 1972 in Zlatoust, is a retired Russian biathlete, two-time 2006 Olympic champion (15 km individual, relay) and 2002 relay bronze medalist.
Ulyana Kaysheva Nigmatullina
Ulyana Kaysheva-Nigmatullina (Ульяна Кайшева-Нигматуллина), Russian biathlete born 1994 in Mozhga; 2022 Olympic relay silver and bronze medalist, 2012 Youth Olympic pursuit champion, formerly competed as Ulyana Kaysheva.
Valery Medvedtsev
Valery Medvedtsev (Валерий Медведцев), born 1964 in Izhevsk, Soviet and Russian biathlete; 1988 Olympic relay champion, first absolute biathlon world champion (1986), later coach of Russia's 2002 Olympic biathlon team.
Viktor Mamatov
Viktor Fyodorovich Mamatov (Виктор Фёдорович Маматов), Soviet biathlete, two-time Olympic 4x7.5 km relay champion (Grenoble 1968, Sapporo 1972), four-time world champion, later Soviet head coach and IBU vice-president.
Vladimir Alikin
Vladimir Alikin (Владимир Александрович Аликин), born 1957, Soviet biathlete and Russian coach; 1980 Lake Placid Olympic relay gold and 10 km sprint silver, four world bronzes, later senior coach of Russia's men's team.
Vladimir Barnashov
Vladimir Barnashov (Владимир Барнашов, born 1951, Ryazany, Omsk Oblast) is a Soviet biathlete, Dynamo Omsk, Olympic relay champion at Lake Placid 1980, three-time world relay bronze medalist, later coach of Soviet, Croatian, and Russian teams.
Vladimir Gundartsev
Vladimir Gundartsev (Владимир Ильич Гундарцев), Soviet biathlete, 1968 Grenoble Olympic relay gold and 20 km bronze, 1969 world relay champion, later Soviet/Russian national head coach.
Vladimir Melanin
Vladimir Melanin (Владимир Михайлович Меланьин, 1933–1994), Soviet biathlete, first Soviet Olympic biathlon champion (1964 Innsbruck 20 km) and three-time world champion (1959, 1962, 1963).