Alexey Prokurorov

Alexey Alexeyevich Prokurorov (; 25 March 1964 – 10 October 2008) was a Soviet/Russian cross-country skier who competed in the late 1980s and 1990s for both the Soviet Union and Russia.

Career Prokurorov was born in the village of Mishino of Vladimir Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.

Prokurorov's biggest successes were winning the gold medal in the 30 km freestyle and the silver medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, Prokurorov earned a total of six medals. This included one gold (30 km: 1997), one silver (10 km: 1997), and four bronzes (50 km: 1989, 4 × 10 km relay: 1993, 30 km: 1995, 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit: 1997). He also won the 50 km event twice at the Holmenkollen ski festival (1993, 1998). He also won the Russian championship title 13 times.

Prokurorov received the Holmenkollen medal, the highest Norwegian skiing award, in 1998 (shared with Fred Børre Lundberg, Larissa Lazutina and Harri Kirvesniemi).

Prokurorov was a flag bearer of Russian team at the 1998 Winter Olympics and 2002 Winter Olympics.

Prokurorov retired after the 2001/2002 season at the age of 39. After retirement, he was Chief coach of the Russian women cross-country skiing team. He received state honors for his services to sports.

He died in a road crash in Vladimir on 10 October 2008, when he was hit by a car driven by a drunk man as he was crossing the road.

Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

Olympic Games 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver) Year Age 10 km 15 km Pursuit 30 km 50 km 4 × 10 kmrelay 1988 23 18 1st 38 2nd 1992 27 — — 21 4 5 1994 29 20 12 28 13 5 1998 33 31 18 — 4 5 2002 37 — 29 — 28 —

World Championships 6 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze) Year Age 10 km 15 km classical 15 km freestyle Pursuit 30 km 50 km 4 × 10 kmrelay 1989 24 — 4 6 3rd 5 1991 26 — 13 14 6 5 1993 28 — — 11 50 3rd 1995 30 13 6 3rd 18 6 1997 32 2nd 3rd 1st 4 4 1999 34 4 7 28 26 7 2001 36 12 — 19 9 —

World Cup + Season Standings Season Age Overall Long Distance Middle Distance Sprint 1984 20 54 1986 22 18 1987 23 6 1988 24 9 1989 25 10 1990 26 14 1991 27 18 1992 28 20 1993 29 9 1994 30 9 1995 31 4 1996 32 4 1997 33 10 9 48 1998 34 14 6 28 1999 35 9 5 37 2000 36 36 14 35 2001 37 29 — 2002 38 134 —

Individual podiums 9 victories 22 podiums

No. Season Date Location Race Level Place 1 1986–87 Lahti, Finland 30 km Individual F World Cup 1st 2 Falun, Sweden 30 km Individual F World Cup 2nd 3 1987–88 Kavgolovo, Soviet Union 30 km Individual C World Cup 2nd 4 Calgary, Canada 30 km Individual C Olympic Games 1st 5 1988–89 Lahti, Finland 50 km Individual F World Championships 3rd 6 1989–90 Trondheim, Norway 15 km Individual C World Cup 1st 7 1992–93 Val di Fiemme, Italy 30 km Individual F World Cup 3rd 8 Oslo, Norway 30 km Individual C World Cup 1st 9 1993–94 Thunder Bay, Canada 50 km Individual F World Cup 1st 10 1994–95 Tauplitzalm, Austria 15 km Individual C World Cup 1st 11 Östersund, Sweden 30 km Individual F World Cup 2nd 12 Oslo, Norway 50 km Individual C World Cup 2nd 13 Thunder Bay, Canada 30 km Individual C World Championships 3rd 14 1995–96 Kavgolovo, Russia 15 km Individual C World Cup 1st 15 Trondheim, Norway 30 km Individual F World Cup 3rd 16 Lahti, Finland 30 km Individual F World Cup 3rd 17 1996–97 Trondheim, Norway 30 km Individual F World Championships 1st 18 10 km Individual C World Championships 2nd 19 15 km Pursuit F World Championships 3rd 20 1997–98 Oslo, Norway 50 km Individual C World Cup 1st 21 1998–99 Davos, Switzerland 30 km Individual C World Cup 2nd 22 2000–01 Kavgolovo, Russia 15 km Individual F World Cup 3rd

Team podiums 3 victories 16 podiums

No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammates 1 1986–87 Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C World Cup 2nd Batyuk / Sakhnov / Uschkalenko 2 1987–88 Calgary, Canada 4 × 10 km Relay F Olympic Games 2nd Smirnov / Sakhnov / Devyatyarov 3 1988–89 Oslo, Norway 4 × 10 km Relay F World Cup 2nd Badamshin / Smirnov / Sakhnov 4 Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C World Cup 1st Badamshin / Sakhnov / Smirnov 5 1989–90 Lahti, Finland 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Badamshin / Botvinov / Smirnov 6 1990–91 Lahti, Finland 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Botvinov / Badamshin / Plaksunov 7 1991–92 Lahti, Finland 4 × 10 km Relay F World Cup 1st Kirilov / Botvinov / Smirnov 8 Funäsdalen, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C World Cup 2nd Kirilov / Botvinov / Smirnov 9 1992–93 Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Championships 3rd Kirilov / Badamshin / Botvinov 10 Lahti, Finland 4 × 10 km Relay C World Cup 2nd Vorobyov / Badamshin / Botvinov 11 1995–96 Lahti, Finland 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 2nd Tchepikov / Botvinov / Tchernych 12 1997–98 Santa Caterina, Italy 4 × 10 km Relay F World Cup 1st Pitchouguine / Legotine / Tchepikov 13 Lahti, Finland 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Legotine / Noutrikhin / Tchepikov 14 1998–99 Falun, Sweden 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Denisov / Ivanov / Vilisov 15 Oslo, Norway 4 × 10 km Relay C World Cup 2nd Denisov / Ivanov / Vilisov 16 1999–00 Nové Město, Czech Republic 4 × 10 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Denisov / Ivanov / Vilisov