Mikhail Devyatyarov
# Mikhail Devyatyarov

Mikhail Talgatovich Devyatyarov (Russian: Михаи́л Талга́тович Девятья́ров; born 25 February 1959 in Chusovoy) is a former Soviet/Russian cross-country skier who competed from 1982 to 1992, training at Armed Forces sports society in Perm. He took the gold medal in the 15 km classical and the silver medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.

Devyatyarov also won two medals at the 1987 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a silver in the 4 × 10 km relay and a bronze in the 15 km. He has taken two World cup victories.

Devyatyarov's son, Mikhail, Jr., is a retired cross-country skier who won his only World Cup race in the sprint event in Stockholm on 21 March 2007.

## Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

### Olympic Games

* 2 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver)

| Year | Age | 15 km | 30 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km relay |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1988 | 29 | Gold | 4 | 25 | Silver |

### World Championships

* 2 medals – (1 silver, 1 bronze)

| Year | Age | 15 km classical | 15 km freestyle | 30 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km relay |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1987 | 28 | Bronze | — | — | — | Silver |
| 1989 | 30 | 34 | — | 14 | — | — |

### World Cup

Season standings :

| Season | Age | Overall |
| - | - | - |
| 1982 | 23 | 65 |
| 1983 | 24 | 27 |
| 1984 | 25 | 17 |
| 1986 | 27 | 41 |
| 1987 | 28 | 17 |
| 1988 | 29 | 13 |
| 1989 | 30 | 53 |
| 1990 | 31 | 38 |
| 1992 | 33 | NC |

**Individual podiums**

* 2 victories
* 4 podiums

| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1982–83 | 10 February 1983 | Igman, Yugoslavia | 15 km Individual | World Cup | 3rd |
| 2 | 1982–83 | 23 March 1984 | Murmansk, Soviet Union | 15 km Individual | World Cup | 1st |
| 3 | 1986–87 | 15 February 1987 | Oberstdorf, West Germany | 15 km Individual C | World Championships | 3rd |
| 4 | 1987–88 | 19 February 1988 | Calgary, Canada | 15 km Individual C | Olympic Games | 1st |

**Team podiums**

* 2 podiums

| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place | Teammates |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1986–87 | 17 February 1987 | Oberstdorf, West Germany | 4 × 10 km Relay F | World Championships | 2nd | Batyuk / Smirnov / Sakhnov |
| 2 | 1987–88 | 24 February 1988 | Calgary, Canada | 4 × 10 km Relay F | Olympic Games | 2nd | Smirnov / Sakhnov / Prokurorov |

* 1 2 Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.
