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Place of Birth: Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia
About Valery Tarakanov
- Valery Tarakanov (Russian: ????´??? ??????´???, born August 9, 1941 in Yaroslavl) is a Soviet/Russian former cross-country skier who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
- He won the 4x10 km gold at the 1970 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Vysoké Tatry.
- Tarakanov also finished 6th in the 15 km in the same championships.
- He was on the 4x10 km team that finished fourth at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble.
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