Mikhail Petrovich Ivanov (born November 20, 1977 , Ostrov , Pskov Region , Russia ) is a Russian athlete (skiing), Honored Master of Sports, champion of the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City in a 50 km race. Club - VFSO Dynamo.
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Biography
Mikhail Ivanov was born on November 20, 1977 in the city of Ostrov of the Pskov Region. He started skiing at 11 years old. His first coach was Pavel Gennadievich Mischenkov. In the national team he trained under the guidance of the honored trainer of the USSR Alexander Grushin . After graduation, Mikhail Ivanov graduated from Velikiye Luki State Institute of Physical Culture , specialty - skiing trainer. In August 2006, he married a graduate of the same institute. In 2007-2011 He was a deputy of the State Duma of the fifth convocation.
Sports career
In the Russian team Mikhail Ivanov since 1998. In 2000, he won the summer championship of Russia, held in his hometown. In the same year, for the first time he won the race (30 kilometers in classic style) at one of the stages of the World Cup. In 2001, he became the repeated champion of Russia, as well as the bronze medalist of the world championship in Lahti . In addition to M. Ivanov in Lahti, Vitaly Denisov (Gundersen Race) and Sergey Kryanin (50 km) also became bronze medalists in individual races, giving hope for the revival of Russian men's ski races after the Russian men's team was led by the honored coach of the USSR Alexander Grushin .
The main competition for Mikhail Ivanov was the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. In a race of 50 kilometers, he set a high pace from the very beginning, leading almost the entire distance. The largest gap from the second coming Johan Mülegg reached 40 seconds. But after the mark of 35 kilometers, Mulleg began to reduce the backlog and took the lead three and a half kilometers before the finish line. Mikhail Ivanov eventually came second. However, Mülegg was subsequently disqualified and deprived of Olympic medals due to the positive result of the doping test.