Anatoly Akentyev

Anatoly Akentyev

Akentyev at the 1966 World Championships
Personal information
Born 23 December 1939 (1939-12-23) (age 76)
Kaluga, Russia
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport Cross-country skiing
Club CSKA Moscow

Anatoly Vasilyevich Akentyev (Russian: Анатолий Васильевич Акентьев, born 23 December 1939) is a retired Russian cross-country skier who won the 15 km race at the 1967 Holmenkollen Ski Festival.[1] He competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in the 15, 30, 50 and 4 × 10 km events and finished 10th–20th individually and fourth in the relay.[2]

After retiring from competitions Akentyev became a prominent skiing administrator. He was vice president of the International Ski Federation (FIS) since 1979 and its honorary vice president since 2006. Nationally he headed the Soviet and Russian cross-country skiing teams for 15 years and served as president of the Russian Ski Union from 1996 to 2004.[3]

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