Vladimir Belousov (ski jumper)

Vladimir Pavlovich Belousov (Russian: Владимир Павлович Белоусов; born 14 July 1946) is a Soviet former ski jumper. He was the only Soviet ski jumper to medal at the Olympics and is the only person from the Soviet Union or Russia to win a gold medal in ski jumping in both the Winter Olympics and the Holmenkollen. He was awarded the Medal "For Labour Valour" in 1969 and the Order of Friendship in 2011.

Vladimir Belousov

Belousov in 1968
Personal information
Born	14 July 1946 (age 74) Vsevolozhsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1]
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Sport	Ski jumping
Club	Armed Forces sports society, Leningrad Oblast
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1968 Grenoble Individual large hill

Belousov won a gold medal in the individual large hill at the 1968 Olympics, placing eighth in the normal hill. At the Holmenkollen ski festival, he won the ski jumping competition in 1968 and 1970. He became the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1968 and won the USSR Championship in 1969. In 1978 he graduated from the Military Institute of Physical Culture and later worked as a coach.[1][2]

References

1. Great Russian Encyclopedia (2006), Moscow: Bol'shaya Rossiyskaya Enciklopediya Publisher, vol. 3, p. 263
2. Vladimir Belousov. sports-reference.com

External links

• Vladimir Belousov at the International Ski Federation
• Holmenkollen winners since 1892 at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 February 2007) – click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)