Unified Team at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Medalists
Table:
Medal

Name

Sport

Event

Gold
Yevgeniy Redkin ( Russia)
Biathlon
Men's 20 km

Gold
Anfisa Reztsova ( Russia)
Biathlon
Women's 7.5 km sprint

Gold
Lyubov Yegorova ( Russia)
Cross-country skiing
Women's 10 km pursuit (freestyle)

Gold
Lyubov Yegorova ( Russia)
Cross-country skiing
Women's 15 km (classical)

Gold
Yelena Välbe
Raisa Smetanina
Larisa Lazutina
Lyubov Yegorova (all from Russia)
Cross-country skiing
Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Gold
Viktor Petrenko ( Ukraine)
Figure skating
Men's singles

Gold
Natalia Mishkutenok
Artur Dmitriev (both from Russia)
Figure skating
Pairs

Gold
Marina Klimova
Sergei Ponomarenko (both from Russia)
Figure skating
Ice dancing

Gold
Unified team men's national ice hockey team

Sergei Bautin
Igor Boldin
Nikolai Borschevskiy
Vyacheslav Butsayev
Vyacheslav Bykov
Evgeny Davydov
Darius Kasparaitis ( Lithuania)
Nikolai Khabibulin
Yuri Khmylev
Andrei Khomutov
Andrei Kovalenko
Alexei Kovalev
Igor Kravchuk
Vladimir Malakhov
Dmitri Mironov
Sergei Petrenko
Vitali Prokhorov
Mikhail Shtalenkov
Andrei Trefilov
Dmitri Yushkevich
Alexei Zhamnov
Alexei Zhitnik ( Ukraine)
Sergei Zubov

Ice hockey
Men's competition

Silver
Svetlana Petcherskaia ( Russia)
Biathlon
Women's 15 km

Silver
Valeriy Medvedtsev ( Russia)
Alexandr Popov ( Belarus)
Valeri Kiriyenko ( Russia)
Sergei Tchepikov ( Russia)
Biathlon
Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Silver
Lyubov Yegorova ( Russia)
Cross-country skiing
Women's 5 km (classical)

Silver
Lyubov Yegorova ( Russia)
Cross-country skiing
Women's 30 km (freestyle)

Silver
Elena Bechke
Denis Petrov (both from Russia)
Figure skating
Pairs

Silver
Yelizaveta Kozhevnikova ( Russia)
Freestyle skiing
Women's moguls

Bronze
Yelena Belova ( Russia)
Biathlon
Women's 7.5 km sprint

Bronze
Yelena Belova
Anfisa Reztsova
Yelena Melnikova (all from Russia)
Biathlon
Women's 3 × 7.5 km relay

Bronze
Yelena Välbe ( Russia)
Cross-country skiing
Women's 5 km (classical)

Bronze
Yelena Välbe ( Russia)
Cross-country skiing
Women's 10 km pursuit (freestyle)

Bronze
Yelena Välbe ( Russia)
Cross-country skiing
Women's 15 km (classical)

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Eugeni Leonidovitsch Redkine ( Russian : Евгений Леонидович Редькин , born 2 February 1970 in Khanty-Mansiysk ) , known as Eugeni Redkine ( also transliterated Evgeni Redkin or Yevgeny Redkin ) , is a former Russian biathlete . He won a surprising gold medal over 20 kilometres ahead of Mark Kirchner and Mikael Löfgren at the 1992 Winter Olympics .
Russia ( Russian : Росси́я , tr . Rossiya , IPA : [ rɐˈsʲijə ] ) , or the Russian Federation , [ e ] is a European country located in Eastern Europe with a vast expanse of territory that stretches across Northern Asia . At 17,125,200 square kilometres ( 6,612,100 sq mi ) , it is by far the largest country in the world by area , covering more than one-eighth of the Earth 's inhabited land area , spanning eleven time zones , and bordering 16 sovereign nations . The territory of Russia extends from the Baltic Sea in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east , and from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Black Sea and the Caucasus in the south . With 146.7 million inhabitants living in the country 's 85 federal subjects as of 2020 , Russia is the most populous nation in Europe and the ninth-most populous nation in the world . Russia 's capital and largest city is Moscow ; other major urban areas include Saint Petersburg , Novosibirsk , Yekaterinburg , Nizhny Novgorod , Kazan and Chelyabinsk . The East Slavs emerged as a recognizable group in Europe between the 3rd and 8th centuries AD . Founded and ruled by a Varangian warrior elite and their descendants , the medieval state of Rus arose in the 9th century . In 988 it adopted Orthodox Christianity from the Byzantine Empire , beginning the synthesis of Byzantine and Slavic cultures that defined Russian culture for the next millennium . Rus ultimately disintegrated into a number of smaller states , until it was finally reunified by the Grand Duchy of Moscow in the 15th century . By the 18th century , the nation had greatly expanded through conquest , annexation , and exploration to become the Russian Empire , which was the third largest empire in history , stretching from Poland on the west to Alaska on the east . Following the Russian Revolution , the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ( Russian SFSR ) became the largest and leading constituent of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( USSR/Soviet Union ) , the world 's first constitutionally socialist state .
Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics consisted of six biathlon events . They were held at Les Saisies , about 40 kilometres from the host city of Albertville . The events began on 11 February and ended on 20 February 1992 . The 1992 Games were the first in which women competed in biathlon . Russian biathlete Sergei Tarasov admitted in 2015 that the EUN ( former Soviet nations competing in a unified team ) biathlon team had carried out illegal blood transfusions at the Games . Something went very wrong with his transfusion , and he was rushed to the hospital where they saved his life .
Anfisa Anatolyevna Reztsova , née Romanova , ( Russian : Анфи́са Анато́льевна Резцо́ва ) ( born 16 December 1964 in the village of Yakimets , Gus-Khrustalny District , Vladimir Oblast ) is a former Soviet ( until 1991 ) and Russian biathlete and cross-country skier who competed in both sports from 1985 to 2000 .
Lyubov Ivanovna Yegorova ( Russian : Любо́вь Ива́новна Его́рова ; born May 5 , 1966 , Seversk ) , name also spelled Ljubov Jegorova , is a Russian former cross-country Olympic ski champion , multiple world champion ( first time in 1991 ) , winner of the World Cup ( 1993 ) and Hero of Russia . Lyubov Yegorova is an honorary citizen of Seversk ( 1992 ) , Saint Petersburg ( 1994 ) , and Tomsk Oblast ( 2005 ) . Member of Communist party . [ citation needed ]
The 1992 Winter Olympic games cross-country skiing results . The cross-country skiing competitions were held at Les Saisies , about 40 km from the host city Albertville .
Yelena Valeryevna Vyalbe ( Russian : Елена Валерьевна Вяльбе , née Trubitsyna ; born 20 April 1968 ) is a Russian former cross-country skier . She has been president of the Russian Cross-Country Ski Association since 2010 , and manager of the Russian National cross-country team since 2012 . At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships , Vyalbe won a record-high fourteen gold ( 1989 : 10 km freestyle , 30 km ; 1991 : 10 km , 15 km , 4 ×5 km relay ; 1993 : 15 km , 4 × 5 km relay ; 1995 : 30 km , 4 x 5 km relay ) , and three silver medals ( 1989 : 4 × 5 km relay , 1991 : 30 km , 1995 : 15 km ) , including all five golds at the 1997 championships in Trondheim ( 5 km , 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit , 15 km , 30 km , and 4 × 5 km relay ) . She also won three gold ( all in relays ) and four bronze medals in various Winter Olympic Games as well as the FIS Cross-Country World Cup five times ( 1989 , 1991 , 1992 , 1995 , 1997 ) ( she also finished second in 1990 , 1993 , 1996 , and third in 1994 ) . Vyalbe also won the 5 km ( 1991 ) and 15 km ( 1992 ) competitions at the Holmenkollen ski festival . She received the Holmenkollen medal in 1992 . In 2010 , Vyalbe was elected as President of the Russian Cross-Country Ski Association . - FIS 29 June 2010 article accessed 30 June 2010 . Late in 2012 she got the position of manager for the Russian cross-country team towards the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi . She was also manager for the Russian team during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin . Formerly she was married to Estonian cross-country skier Urmas Välbe . Together they had one child , Franz .
Raisa Petrovna Smetanina ( Russian : Раиса Петровна Сметанина ; born 29 February 1952 ) is a former Soviet/Russian cross-country skiing champion . Smetanina is an ethnic Komi . She is the first woman in history to win ten Winter Olympic medals ( Stefania Belmondo being the second , Marit Bjørgen the third , and Ireen Wüst the fourth ) . Smetanina took part in five Olympics , representing the Soviet team four times and the Unified Team once . In particular , Smetanina won two gold and one silver medals at the 1976 Winter Olympics , becoming the most successful athlete there , along with Rosi Mittermaier of West Germany . In the 1992 Winter Olympics , at the age of thirty-nine , Smetanina won a further gold medal competing for the Unified Team in the 4 × 5 km relay , becoming the first woman to win ten Winter Olympic medals and at that time the oldest woman to win a Winter Olympic gold . Smetanina also had successes at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships , winning four golds ( 20 km ( 1982 ) , and 4 × 5 km relay ( 1974 , 1985 , and 1991 ) , three silvers ( 10 km ( 1978 ) , and 4 × 5 km relay ( 1982 , 1989 ) ) , and four bronzes ( 4 × 5 km relay ( 1978 ) , 5 km ( 1974 , 1978 ) , and 20 km ( 1980 ) ) . She also won three times at the Holmenkollen ski festival , once in the 10 km ( 1975 ) and twice in the 5 km ( 1975 and 1979 ) . In 1979 , Smetanina received the Holmenkollen medal ( shared with Erik Håker and Ingemar Stenmark ) . She was also awarded Order of Friendship of Peoples ( 1984 ) .
Larisa Yevgenyevna Lazutina ( Russian : Лариса Евгеньевна Лазутина ; née Ptitsyna , born 1 June 1965 ) is a Russian former professional cross-country skier . Lazutina was awarded the Holmenkollen medal in 1998 ( shared with Fred Børre Lundberg , Alexey Prokurorov , and Harri Kirvesniemi ) . In the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , Japan , she won five medals : three gold , one silver and one bronze medal . She was the most successful athlete at the 1998 Winter Olympics . After the Olympics , Boris Yeltsin awarded her the title Hero of the Russian Federation . Lazutina earned several medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships . She won a total of sixteen medals , including eleven gold , three silver and two bronze medals . She was also the first three-time winner of the women 's 30 km event at the Holmenkollen ski festival ( 1995 , 1998 , and 2001 ) . Lazutina was banned from competition for a period of two years due to a positive drug test result during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City .
Viktor Vasyliovych Petrenko ( Ukrainian : Віктор Васильович Петренко ; born 27 June 1969 ) is a Ukrainian former competitive figure skater who represented the Soviet Union , the Unified Team , and Ukraine during his career . He is the 1992 Olympic Champion for the Unified Team . Petrenko became the first flagbearer for Ukraine . Petrenko lives in the United States and works as an ISU Technical Specialist , tours professionally , and coaches figure skating .
Ukraine ( Ukrainian : Україна , romanized : Ukrayina , pronounced [ ʊkrɐˈjinɐ ] ( listen ) ) is a country in Eastern Europe . It is bordered by Russia to the north-east ; Belarus to the north ; Poland , Slovakia and Hungary to the west ; and Romania , Moldova , and the Black Sea to the south . Ukraine is currently in a territorial dispute with Russia over the Crimean Peninsula , which Russia annexed in 2014 . Including Crimea , Ukraine has an area of 603,628 km2 ( 233,062 sq mi ) , making it both the largest country entirely within Europe and the 46th largest country in the world . Excluding Crimea , Ukraine has a population of about 42 million , making it the 32nd most populous country in the world . Its capital and largest city is Kiev . Ukrainian is the official language and its alphabet is Cyrillic . The dominant religion in the country is Eastern Orthodoxy . The territory of modern Ukraine has been inhabited since 32,000 BC . During the Middle Ages , the area was a key centre of East Slavic culture , with the powerful state of Kievan Rus ' forming the basis of Ukrainian identity . Following its fragmentation in the 13th century , the territory was contested , ruled and divided by a variety of powers , including the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth , Austria-Hungary , the Ottoman Empire and Russia . A Cossack republic emerged and prospered during the 17th and 18th centuries , but its territory was eventually split between Poland and the Russian Empire .
The figure skating events at the 1992 Winter Olympic Games were held at the Halle Olympique located next to the Théâtre des Cérémonies , two kilometres southwest of downtown Albertville . The final placements were decided by factored placements . In the men 's singles , ladies ' singles and the pairs event , the short program ( SP ) was factored by 0.5 , one-third ( 33.3% ) of the total score , while the free skating ( FS ) was factored by 1.0 , two-thirds ( 66.7% ) of the total score . In ice dance , the two compulsory dances ( CD ) were factored by a total of 0.4 ( 0.2 each dance ) , which was 20% of the total score ( 10% each dance ) . The original dance ( OD ) was factored by 0.6 ( 30% of the total score ) , while the free dance ( FD ) was factored by 1.0 ( 50% of the total score ) . In the result of factored placements being tied , the free skating was the tie-breaker . At the 1992 Winter Olympics , the short program was called the original program . The 1992 Winter Olympics was also the first time that the men 's and ladies ' events did not include a compulsory figures competition .
Natalia Yevgenievna Mishkutionok ( Russian : Наталья Евгеньевна Мишкутёнок , born 14 July 1970 ) is a Belarusian former pair skater . With Artur Dmitriev , she is the 1992 Olympic champion , the 1994 Olympic silver medalist , a two-time World champion ( 1991 , 1992 ) , and a two-time European champion ( 1991 , 1992 ) .
Artur Valeryevich Dmitriev ( Russian : Артур Валерьевич Дмитриев ; born 21 January 1968 ) is a Russian former pair skater who competed internationally for the Soviet Union , the Unified Team , and Russia . He is a two-time Olympic champion , having won gold with Natalia Mishkutionok in 1992 and with Oksana Kazakova in 1998 . He and Mishkutionok also won Olympic silver in 1994 . Dmitriev is the only male pair skater to win the Olympics with two different partners .
Marina Vladimirovna Klimova ( Russian : Марина Владимировна Климова ; born 28 July 1966 ) is a former competitive ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union and the Unified Team . With skating partner and husband Sergei Ponomarenko , she is the 1992 Olympic champion , the 1988 Olympic silver medalist , the 1984 Olympic bronze medalist , a three-time World champion , and a four-time European champion .
Sergei Vladilenovich Ponomarenko ( Russian : Серге́й Владиленович Пономаренко ; born October 6 , 1960 ) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union and the Unified team . With skating partner and wife Marina Klimova , he is the 1992 Olympic champion , 1988 Olympic silver medalist , 1984 Olympic bronze medalist , three-time World champion , and four-time European champion .
Sergei Vladimirovich Bautin ( born March 11 , 1967 in Rahachow , Byelorussian SSR , Soviet Union ) is a retired ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for the Winnipeg Jets , Detroit Red Wings and the San Jose Sharks . Winnipeg Jets GM Mike Smith drafted Bautin in the first round , 17th overall in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft . Sergei ended up playing 130 games for the Jets , scoring 5 goals and 25 assists for 30 points , collecting 176 penalty minutes . He wore the number 3 , and was usually paired with fellow Russian Igor Ulanov . On March 8 , 1994 , Bautin , along with Bob Essensa , was traded to the Detroit Red Wings for Tim Cheveldae and Dallas Drake . After his stint with Detroit , Sergei then signed on as a Free Agent with the San Jose Sharks in 1995 . He played the rest of the 1995-96 season with San Jose 's IHL affiliate , the Kansas City Blades . In addition to his NHL experience , Bautin was a significant member of the 1992 Unified Team ( former Soviet Union ) where they received Gold Medal honors by beating Canada 3-1 . Sergei continued his career playing for pro teams in Sweden , Germany and Japan before finishing his career in Russia . After his retirement , he returned to Kansas City , where , as of January 2009 , he is the head coach of the Kansas City Outlaws Bantam AA Hockey team . He also runs various hockey camps throughout the summer . He is also involved with Team Kansas , a player development program with an emphasis on team play and chemistry .
Igor Petrovich Boldin ( born February 2 , 1964 in Moscow , Soviet Union ) is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League . He played for HC Spartak Moscow . He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1992 .
Nikolai Konstantinovich Borschevsky ( Russian : Николай Константинович Борщевский ; born January 12 , 1965 in Tomsk , Soviet Union ) is a retired professional ice hockey player from Russia , and the current head coach of the Atlant Moscow Oblast of the KHL . Nicknamed Stick due to his diminutive frame , he was a star in the Soviet Union and went on to play in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs , Calgary Flames and Dallas Stars . Despite a successful NHL debut in 1992-93 , he never achieved the same level of success in North America , with injuries limiting his effectiveness . He retired in 1998 after a second stint with Spartak Moscow .
Vyacheslav Gennadievich Butsayev ( Russian : Вячеслав Геннадьевич Буцаев ; born June 13 , 1970 ) is a Russian retired professional ice hockey player . He was drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the sixth round , 109th overall , of the 1990 NHL Entry Draft . He last played for HC Dmitrov in Russia 's Vysshaya Liga . Vyacheslav is the brother of former professional hockey player Yuri Butsayev .
Vyacheslav Arkadevich Slava Bykov ( Russian : Вячеслав Аркадьевич Быков , born 24 July 1960 in Chelyabinsk , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union ) is a former Soviet and Russian ice hockey player and a former head coach of the Russian national hockey team . A small , technically gifted center , he was a regular fixture on the Soviet national ice hockey team in the 1980s ; after the fall of the Soviet Union , he played for Team Russia in the 1990s . He was drafted by the Quebec Nordiques in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft in the 9th round at number 169 overall . He opted , however , to never play in the NHL .
Yevgeni Vitalievich Davydov { Russian : Евгений Витальевич Давыдов ) ; born May 27 , 1967 ) is a Russian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for the Winnipeg Jets , Florida Panthers and the Ottawa Senators .
Darius Kasparaitis ( born October 16 , 1972 ) is a Lithuanian American former professional ice hockey defenceman . He mainly played in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) for the New York Islanders , Pittsburgh Penguins , Colorado Avalanche , and New York Rangers . He is a four-time Olympian and three-time medalist , winning one gold medal , one silver medal , and one bronze medal . He received the title of Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1992 and was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 2016 . His 28 career Olympic games is a record among Russian national team 's players .
The first known record of the name of Lithuania ( Lithuanian : Lietuva ) is in a 9 March 1009 story of Saint Bruno in the Quedlinburg Chronicle . The Chronicle recorded a Latinized form of the name Lietuva : Litua ( pronounced [ litua ] ) . Due to the lack of reliable evidence , the true meaning of the name is unknown . Nowadays , scholars still debate the meaning of the word and there are a few plausible versions . Since Lietuva has a suffix ( -uva ) , the original word should have no suffix . [ citation needed ] A likely candidate is Lietā . Because many Baltic ethnonyms originated from hydronyms , linguists have searched for its origin among local hydronyms . Usually , such names evolved through the following process : hydronym → toponym → ethnonym . Lietava , a small river not far from Kernavė , the core area of the early Lithuanian state and a possible first capital of the eventual Grand Duchy of Lithuania , is usually credited as the source of the name . However , the river is very small and some find it improbable that such a small and local object could have lent its name to an entire nation . On the other hand , such naming is not unprecedented in world history . Artūras Dubonis proposed another hypothesis , that Lietuva relates to the word leičiai ( plural of leitis ) .
Nikolai Alexandrovich Khabibulin ( /ˌhæbiˈbuːlɪn/ ( listen ) ; Russian : Николай Александрович Хабибулин , IPA : [ xəbʲɪˈbulʲɪn ] , born January 13 , 1973 ) is a Russian former professional ice hockey goaltender . Known by the nickname The Bulin Wall , he spent the majority of his playing career in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) with the Winnipeg Jets , Phoenix Coyotes , Chicago Blackhawks , Tampa Bay Lightning and Edmonton Oilers . Khabibulin excelled at the international level , winning two Olympic medals ( gold and bronze ) and was named Best Goaltender at the 2002 Winter Olympics . He was the first Russian goaltender to ever win the Stanley Cup , doing so with Tampa Bay in 2004 . He was also a four-time NHL All-Star .
Yuri Alexeyevich Khmylev ( Russian : Юрий Алексеевич Хмылëв , Yuriy Alekseevich Khmylyov ; born August 9 , 1964 in Moscow , Soviet Union ) is a retired professional ice hockey player . Khmylev played 11 seasons in his native Russia for Krylya Sovetov ( Soviet Wings ) before being selected as a 27-year-old in the 5th round , 108th overall , of the 1992 NHL Entry Draft by the Buffalo Sabres .
Andrei Valentinovich Khomutov ( Russian : Андрей Валентинович Хомутов ; born April 21 , 1961 ) is a retired Soviet ice hockey right winger . He was the head coach for Barys Astana of the Kontinental Hockey League ( KHL ) and Kazakhstan national team during 2010-2011 season . He played for CSKA Moscow ( Red Army team ) from 1979-1990 , then in Switzerland for HC Fribourg-Gottéron from 1990-1998 . He was most valuable player in the Soviet league in 1990 , and also led the league in goals in 1988 . Khomutov played for the Soviet national team from 1981-83 , 1985-87 , and 1989 ; for the Unified team in 1992 , and for Russia in 1993 , and 1995 . He was on the winning side at the 1981 Canada Cup ; the IIHF World Championships in 1981 , 1982 , 1983 , 1986 , 1989 , and 1993 ; and the 1984 , 1988 , and 1992 Winter Olympics .
Andrei Nikolaevich Kovalenko ( Russian : Андрей Николаевич Коваленко ; born June 7 , 1970 ) is a retired professional ice hockey forward . He played in the National Hockey League with the Quebec Nordiques , Colorado Avalanche , Montreal Canadiens , Edmonton Oilers , Philadelphia Flyers , Carolina Hurricanes and the Boston Bruins . He is currently the chairman of the Kontinental Hockey League players association ( KHL PA ) .
Alexei Vyacheslavovich Kovalev ( Russian : Алексей Вячеславович Ковалёв , Russian pronunciation : [ ɐlʲɪˈksʲej vʲɪtɕɪˈsɫavəvʲɪtɕ kəvɐˈlʲɵf ] ; born February 24 , 1973 ) is a Russian professional ice hockey executive and former player . He is currently serving as sports director for EHC Visp of the Swiss League . During his career , he played in over 1,300 National Hockey League ( NHL ) games over 18 seasons for the New York Rangers , Pittsburgh Penguins , Montreal Canadiens , Ottawa Senators , and Florida Panthers . He was originally drafted by the Rangers and won a Stanley Cup with them in 1994 . Kovalev also played in the Kontinental Hockey League ( KHL ) with the Atlant Moscow Oblast , and was last active with EHC Visp of Switzerland 's National League B .
Igor Aleksandrovich Kravchuk ( Russian : Игорь Александрович Кравчук ; born September 13 , 1966 ) is a Russian former ice hockey defenceman , who spent several seasons in the National Hockey League and also competed internationally for the USSR and Russia .
Vladimir Igorevich Malakhov ( Russian : Владимир Игоревич Малахов ; born August 30 , 1968 ) is a Russian retired professional ice hockey player of the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . He has also played in the Russian Super League . Malakhov was drafted by the New York Islanders in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft , tenth round , 191st overall . He has played for Spartak Moscow , CSKA Moscow , New York Islanders , Montreal Canadiens , New Jersey Devils ( winning the Stanley Cup in 2000 ) , New York Rangers and the Philadelphia Flyers .
Dmitri Olegovich Mironov ( Дмитрий Олегович Миронов ; born December 25 , 1965 ) is a Russian former professional ice hockey defenseman . He was drafted in the eighth round , 160th overall , by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft . He was part of the 1998 Stanley Cup winning Detroit Red Wings .
Serhiy Anatoliiovych Petrenko ( Russian : Сергей Анатолъевич Петренко , Ukrainian : Сергіӣ Анатолійоович Петренко ; born September 10 , 1968 ) is a Ukrainian-Russian retired ice hockey left wing . He was drafted in the seventh round , 168th overall , by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft and played 14 games for Buffalo during the 1993-94 NHL season .
Vitali Vladimirovich Prokhorov ( Russian : Биталий Владимирович Прохоров ) ; born December 25 , 1966 in Moscow , Soviet Union ) is a retired professional hockey player who played briefly with the St. Louis Blues in the NHL . He played left wing and shot left-handed . Prokhorov began his playing career in his native USSR . He played for Spartak Moscow for 9 seasons from 1983 until 1992 . He also played for the USSR in the 1991 Canada Cup and for Russia in the 1992 Winter Olympics and the 1992 Ice Hockey World Championship . Following the breakup of the Soviet Union many Russian players attempted to come to North America to play in the NHL . Prokhorov was no exception , and he was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the 3rd round , 64th overall in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft . He along with Vitali Karamnov and Igor Korolev created a Moscow Express Line that was expected to bring a big scoring punch to the Blues . For the 1992-1993 season however things did not go well for Prokhorov . After a slow start , Prokhorov suffered a shoulder injury that limited him to only 26 games the whole year . He did have a bright spot during the season however when he scored a hat trick against the Philadelphia Flyers on October 31 , 1992 . After starting the 1993-1994 season with the Peoria Rivermen Prokhorov played 55 games with the Blues , scoring 25 points .
Mikhail Alekseyevich Shtalenkov ( Russian : Михаил Алексеевич Шталенков ; born October 20 , 1965 ) is a former ice hockey goaltender . He played extensively in his native USSR and Russia for HC Dynamo Moscow before moving to North America , where he played with the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim , Edmonton Oilers , Phoenix Coyotes and Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . He had been previously selected in the fifth round of the 1993 NHL Entry Draft , 108th overall , by the Mighty Ducks . Internationally he played in the 1992 and 1998 Winter Olympics , as well as several World Championships , representing successfully the Soviet Union , Unified Team , and Russia .
Andrei Viktorovich Trefilov ( Russian : Анарей Михайович Трефилов ) ; born August 31 , 1969 ) is a retired Russian ice hockey goaltender and a sports agent . He was selected in the 12th round of the 1991 NHL entry draft , 261st overall , by the Calgary Flames . Trefilov started his National Hockey League career in 1993 with the Calgary Flames and he went on to spend time with the Chicago Blackhawks , and Buffalo Sabres . He was one of the goaltenders for the Unified Team that won the gold medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics . He also played for Russia in two Olympic Winter Games . His last club was the DEG Metro Stars of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga in Germany , where he played until 2006 . As a member of the IHL 's Detroit Vipers , Trefilov shared the James Norris Memorial Trophy with Kevin Weekes for allowing the fewest goals in the IHL in 1999 and won the Norman R. Bud Poile Trophy as the IHL playoff most valuable player in 2000 with the Chicago Wolves . He was also the starting goaltender for the Buffalo Sabres in the last game at Buffalo Memorial Auditorium , on April 14 , 1996 .
Dmitri Sergeyevich Yushkevich ( Russian : Дмитрий Серге́евич Юшкевич ; born November 19 , 1971 ) is a retired Russian professional ice hockey defenceman . He ended his career in Kärpät of the SM-liiga .
Alexei Yuryevich Alex Zhamnov ( Russian : Алексей Юрьевич Жамнов ; born October 1 , 1970 ) is a Russian former professional ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) for the Winnipeg Jets , Chicago Blackhawks , Philadelphia Flyers and Boston Bruins . He is the general manager of HC Spartak Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League ( KHL ) . He previously served as general manager of Vityaz Chekhov and Atlant Moscow Oblast .
Oleksiy Mykolaiovych Alexei Zhitnik ( Ukrainian : Олексій Миколайович Житник , Russian : Алексей Николаевич Житник ; born October 10 , 1972 ) is a Ukrainian-Russian former professional ice hockey defenceman . Zhitnik has played more games in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) ( 1,085 ) than any other Soviet-born defenceman . He has represented the Soviet Union , CIS , and Russia internationally , and Ukraine during two NHL All-Star Games . His number , 13 , has been honored by Sokil Kyiv .
Sergei Alexandrovich Zubov ( Russian : Сергей Зубов ; born 22 July 1970 ) is the current head coach of HC Sochi of the Kontinental Hockey League ( KHL ) and a defensive assignment coach for the Russian national hockey team . A former professional ice hockey defenceman who played for the Dallas Stars , New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League as well as SKA Saint Petersburg of the KHL , Zubov won the Stanley Cup twice , with the Rangers in 1994 and the Stars in 1999 . Zubov was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2019 .
The men 's ice hockey tournament at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville , France , was the 17th Olympic Championship . The games were played at the Méribel Ice Palace in Méribel , about 45 km from host city Albertville . The competition , held from 8 to 23 February , was won by the Unified Team in its only appearance . The team was composed of some newly emerged nations from the former Soviet Union , which had dissolved just weeks before the Games began . Canada won the silver medal , its first hockey medal since 1968 and 11th Olympic ice hockey medal .
Svetlana Vladimirovna Petcherskaia ( Russian : Светлана Владимировна Печёрская ) ; ( née Davidova ) , born November 14 , 1968 in Sverdlovsk , is a former Soviet Union biathlete . The first time women 's biathlon was contested at the Winter Olympics in Albertville in 1992 , Petcherskia won a silver medal in the women 's 15 km individual for the Unified Team . In the 1990/91 season she won the overall world cup . In 1990 she became world champion in the 15 km . During her career she won a total of 7 gold medals at World Championships , together with 3 silver medals and 1 bronze .
Valeriy Alekseevitch Medvedtsev ( Russian : Валерий Алексеевич Медведцев ; born 5 July 1964 ) is a former Russian biathlete .
Alexandr Vladimirovich Popov ( Russian : Александр Владимирович Попов ; born 22 February 1965 ) is a Russian biathlete who competed for the USSR , the Unified Team and Belarus . Since 1999 he has been the head coach of the Belarus National Biathlon Team .
Belarus ( /bɛləˈruːs/ ; Belarusian : Беларусь , IPA : [ bʲɛlaˈrusʲ ] ) , officially the Republic of Belarus ( Belarusian : Рэспубліка Беларусь , Russian : Республика Беларусь ) , formerly known by its Russian name Byelorussia or Belorussia ( Russian : Белоруссия ) , is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe bordered by Russia to the northeast , Ukraine to the south , Poland to the west , and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest . Its capital and most populous city is Minsk . Over 40% of its 207,600 square kilometres ( 80,200 sq mi ) is forested . Its major economic sectors are service industries and manufacturing . Until the 20th century , different states at various times controlled the lands of modern-day Belarus , including the Principality of Polotsk ( 11th to 14th centuries ) , the Grand Duchy of Lithuania , the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth , and the Russian Empire . In the aftermath of the 1917 Russian Revolution , Belarus declared independence as the Belarusian People 's Republic , which was conquered by Soviet Russia . The Socialist Soviet Republic of Byelorussia became a founding constituent republic of the Soviet Union in 1922 and was renamed as the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic ( Byelorussian SSR ) . Belarus lost almost half of its territory to Poland after the Polish-Soviet War of 1919-1921 . Much of the borders of Belarus took their modern shape in 1939 , when some lands of the Second Polish Republic were reintegrated into it after the Soviet invasion of Poland , and were finalized after World War II . During WWII , military operations devastated Belarus , which lost about a quarter of its population and half of its economic resources . The republic was redeveloped in the post-war years . In 1945 the Byelorussian SSR became a founding member of the United Nations , along with the Soviet Union and the Ukrainian SSR .
Valeri Viktorovich Kiriyenko ( Russian : Валерий Викторович Кириенко ) ( born 13 February 1965 in Murmansk ) is a Russian biathlete , who won two silver medals at the Winter Olympics , and three silver medals at the World Championships .
Sergei Vladimirovich Tchepikov ( Russian : Серге́й Влади́мирович Че́пиков ; born 30 January 1967 ) is a Russian politician and a former Soviet-Russian biathlete and cross country skier who competed at six Winter Olympics , five in biathlon ( 1988 , 1992 , 1994 , 2002 and 2006 ) and one in cross country skiing ( 1998 ) . His last Olympic performance was a silver medal in the 4 × 7.5 km relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin . Tchepikov has two World Cup titles ( 1989/90 , 1990/91 ) . He has had 25 podium finishes , six in first place , thirteen in second , and has come third six times . In the Olympics , Tchepikov has two gold , three silver , and one bronze medals . In the World Championships he has won 14 medals , however only two gold medals .
Elena Yurievna Bechke ( Russian : Елена Юрьевна Бечке ; born 7 January 1966 ) is a Russian former pair skater . She competed for the Soviet Union , the Commonwealth of Independent States , and the Unified Team . With partner and then-husband Denis Petrov , she is the 1992 Olympic silver medalist , the 1989 World bronze medalist , and the 1991 and 1992 European silver medalist .
Denis Alekseyevich Petrov ( Russian : Денис Алексеевич Петров ; born 3 March 1968 ) is a Russian former pair skater who competed for the Soviet Union , the Commonwealth of Independent States , and the Unified Team . With partner Elena Bechke , he is the 1992 Olympic silver medalist , the 1989 World bronze medalist , a two-time European silver medalist ( 1991-92 ) , 1992 Soviet national champion .
Yelizaveta Aleksandrovna Kozhevnikova ( Russian : Елизаве́та Алекса́ндровна Коже́вникова ; born 27 December 1973 in Moscow ) is a Russian freestyle skier and Olympic medalist .
Freestyle skiing was an official sport discipline for the first time at the 1992 Winter Olympics , with medals awarded in the moguls event . The venue was Tignes about 85 km from host city Albertville .
Elena Pavlovna Belova ( Russian : Елена Павловна Белова ) ; born 25 July 1965 ) is a former Russian biathlete who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics .
Yelena Vladimirovna Melnikova-Tchepikova ( Russian : Елена Владимиовна Мелъникова-Чепикова ) ; born 17 June 1971 ) is a Russian former biathlete who competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics .