Nikolay Gusakov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nikolay Gusakov

Soviet Nordic combined skier

Date of Birth: 14-May-1934

Place of Birth: Petrozavodsk, Karelia, Russia

Date of Death: 14-Dec-1991

Profession: Nordic combined skier

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Nikolay Nikolayevich Gusakov (Russian: ??????´? ??????´?) (May 14, 1934 – December 14, 1991) was a former Soviet nordic combined skier who won a bronze in the individual event at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. He also won the Nordic combined event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1961. Gusakov trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow and later in Leningrad.
He was the first Soviet athlete to win an Olympic medal in the Nordic combined and the first one to win the Nordic combined event at the Holmenkollen ski festival.