Vladimir BARNACHOV

Vladimir Barnashov made his international début at the 1978 World Championships, where he was 14th in both the 10 km and 20 km. At the 1979 World Championships Barnashov won a bronze in the relay. He would win two more relay bronzes at the World Championships in 1981-82, and those three bronzes would be his only World Championship medals. The high point of Barnashov’s career came in 1980, when he won a gold in the relay and was seventh at 20 km at the Olympic Winter Games. He also won bronze at the 1979 World Cup. Domestically Barnashov was Soviet champion in the relay in 1980, in the 25 km military patrol event in 1981, and in the 10 km and relay in 1982. After his sporting career, Barnashov worked as a coach of Soviet national biathlon team from 1984-92, while from 1992-98 he was the head coach of Croatian national biathlon team, and later coached the Russian national biathlon team.