About Nikolay Gusakov
Lived 1934 – 1991 (aged 57). Nikolay Gusakov was a Russian nordic combined skier.
Nikolay Nikolayevich Gusakov (; May 14, 1934 – December 14, 1991) was a former Soviet Nordic combined skier who won a bronze in the individual event at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. He also won the Nordic combined event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1961.
Gusakov trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow and later in Leningrad. He was the first Soviet athlete to win an Olympic medal in the Nordic combined and the first one to win the Nordic combined event at the Holmenkollen ski festival.
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Who was Nikolay Gusakov?
Soviet Nordic combined skier (1934–1991)
When was Nikolay Gusakov born?
Nikolay Gusakov was born on 14 May 1934 in Petrozavodsk.
When did Nikolay Gusakov die?
Nikolay Gusakov died on 14 December 1991 in Saint Petersburg.
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Nikolay Gusakov was a nordic combined skier.
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Nikolay Gusakov was Russian.
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