Vladimir Smirnov (skier)

Vladimir Smirnov
Vladimir Smirnov on 1 2007 stamp of Kazakhstan
Country Kazakhstan
 Sweden
Full nameVladimir Mikhaylovich Smirnov
Born (1964-03-07) 7 March 1964
Shuchinsk, Kokshetau Oblast, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Ski clubStockviks SF
World Cup career
Seasons16 – (19831998)
Indiv. starts132
Indiv. podiums66
Indiv. wins30
Team starts14
Team podiums8
Team wins2
Overall titles2 – (1991, 1994)
Discipline titles0
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Representing  Kazakhstan
Men's cross-country skiing
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 4 2
World Championships 4 4 3
Total 5 8 5
Olympic Games
1994 Lillehammer50 km classical
1988 Calgary30 km classical
1988 Calgary4 × 10 km relay
1994 Lillehammer10 km classical
1994 Lillehammer10 km + 15 km 
 combined pursuit
1988 Calgary15 km classical
1998 Nagano10 km + 15 km 
 combined pursuit
World Championships
1989 Lahti30 km classical
1995 Thunder Bay10 km classical
1995 Thunder Bay10 km + 15 km 
 combined pursuit
1995 Thunder Bay30 km classical
1987 Oberstdorf4 × 10 km relay
1991 Val di Fiemme30 km classical
1993 Falun10 km classical
1993 Falun10 km + 15 km 
 combined pursuit
1991 Val di Fiemme15 km freestyle
1993 Falun30 km classical
1995 Thunder Bay50 km freestyle
Junior World Championships
1983 Kuopio3 × 5 km relay
1984 Trondheim3 × 5 km relay
1983 Kuopio15 km
1984 Trondheim15 km
1982 Murau15 km
1982 Murau3 × 5 km relay
Asian Winter Games
1999 Gangwon15 km classical
1999 Gangwon4 × 10 km relay
1999 Gangwon30 km freestyle

Vladimir Mikhaylovich Smirnov (Russian: Влади́мир Миха́йлович Смирно́в; born 7 March 1964) is a Kazakh former cross-country skier of Russian descent who raced from the 1982 until 1991 for the USSR and, later, for Kazakhstan. He is the first Olympic champion from independent Kazakhstan and the most decorated Olympian in history of Kazakhstan. He is also a vice president of the International Biathlon Union. Smirnov is a former member of International Olympic Committee.