Nikolay Polukhin
Polukhin (right) is awarded the Order of Friendship[1] by Russian president Dmitry Medvedev in 2010. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Nikolay Polukhin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 July 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Skiing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nikolay Polukhin (born 7 July 1982) is a Russian cross-country skier, biathlete and Paralympic Champion. He is notable for winning the most medals at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics, with six medals, including one gold.
Polukhin was blinded in 1993 in an electrical accident. His sighted guide at Vancouver 2010 was Andrey Tokarev.
References
- ^ Russian President Dmitry Medvedev distributes state awards to Russian Paralympians, visualrian.com, April 2, 2010
External links
- Athlete Search Results – Polukhin, Nikolay, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
- Nikolay Polukhin – Profile Archived 9 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine at the Official site of Vancouver 2010