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A picture of a man at the cross country skiing track

Vladimir Kononov

Nordic Skiing
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Biography

Impairment information

Type of Impairment
Limb deficiency
Origin of Impairment
Acquired
Classification
LW5/7

Further personal information

Family
Wife Tatiana, son Oleg, daughter Lisa
Residence
Izhevsk, RUS
Occupation
Athlete
Languages
Russian
Higher education
Physical Education - Udmurt State University: Izhevsk, RUS

Sport specific information

When and where did you begin this sport?
He took up the sport in 2006.
Why this sport?
He trained in athletics, skiing and biathlon before his accident, so cross-country skiing was a natural choice afterwards.
Club / Team
Udmurtia Federation of Physical Education and Sports for Athletes with Disabilities: Izhevsk, RUS
Name of coach
Andrey Maximov [personal], RUS

General interest

Awards and honours
He holds the title of Honoured Master of Sport in Russia. (rezeptsport.ru, 25 Mar 2014)

For his achievements at the 2010 and 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, he was awarded the Orders for Merits to the Fatherland [second and first grade] by the president of Russia. (rg.ru, 2014; kremlin.ru, 17 Mar 2014)
Ambitions
To win another gold medal at the world championships. (udmpravda.ru, 15 May 2014)
Impairment
In 2003 some of his fingers and toes were amputated due to frostbite. (igryolimpa.ru, 12 Apr 2010; blago.udm.net, 18 Mar 2010)

Results

Unit Date Rank
Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games (Vancouver, Canada)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 1 km Sprint Standing Qualification 12
Men's 10 km Standing Final Round 13
Men's 20 km Standing Final Round 3
IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships Solleftea (Solleftea, Sweden)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Sprint - Classic Standing Final 2013-02-25 17
Men's Long Distance - Free Style Standing Final 2013-02-27 1
Men's Middle Distance - Classic Standing Final 2013-03-05 12
Paralympic Winter Games 2014 (Sochi, Russia)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 20 km Standing Final Round 2014-03-10 8
Men's 1 km Sprint Standing Final Round 2014-03-12 6
Men's 10 km Standing Final Round 2014-03-16 2
2015 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships Cable (Cable, United States of America)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's Long Distance - Free Style Standing Race 1 2015-01-25 4
Men's Sprint - Classic Standing Race 1 2015-01-28 13
Men's Middle Distance - Classic Standing Race 1 2015-01-31 12