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Born | FadyushinoYurgamyshsky District, Ural Oblast, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (now Kurgan Oblast, Russia) , | 20 May 1924||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 4 July 2009 Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast, Russia | (aged 85)||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Biathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Dynamo Ufa | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Dmitri Petrovich Sokolov (Russian: Дмитрий Петрович Соколов; 20 May 1924 – 4 July 2009) was a Russian biathlon competitor who won one gold and three silver medals at the world championships in 1958–61. He competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics and finished sixth.[1][2]
Dmitri Petrovich Sokolov was born on May 20, 1924, in the village of FadyushinoYurgamyshsky District, Kurgansky Okrug , Ural Oblast, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (now Kurgan Oblast, Russia).
,After graduating from school Sokolov worked at a cement factory in Chelyabinsk and between 1942 and 1952 served in the Red Army (from 1946 – Soviet Army). He fought in World War II and in 1985 was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War.[2]
In 1952-1958 he lived in Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast, worked as a coach in skiing and biathlon.
In 1958–1964 he lived in Ufa, Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, while competing himself, Sokolov coached biathlon and cross-country skiing.[3]
Since 1966 he lived in Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast,
Buried in the Zajkovskoe cemetery in Kurgan, Kurgan Oblast, Russia.[4]