Vologda Oblast - birthplace of Olympic champions
Anatoly Alyabyev USSR honoured master of sports, World champion (biathlete), twice Olympic champion (1980, the Lake Placid Games, USA) |
Albina Akhatova Russia's honoured master of sports, World champion (biathlon), Olympic medalist (1998, the Nagano Games; 2002, the Salt Lake City Olympics; 2006, the Turin Games) |
Anna Bogaliy-Titovets Russia's honoured master of sports, World champion (biathlon), Olympic medalist (2006, the Turin Games, 2010, the Vancouver Games) |
Nikolai Gulyaev USSR honoured master of sports (1987), world and European speed-skating champion, Olympic champion (the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary), world record-holder |
Serdei Fokichev USSR honoured master of sports, World champion (speed-skating), Olympic champion (the 1984 Sarajevo Olympic games), world record-holder |
Dmitry Yushkevich Russia's honoured master of sports(1992), ice hockey player, Olympic champion (1992), Olympic medalist (1998, the Nagano Games), World champion |