Vladimir Alikin

Vladimir Alexandrovich Alikin (Russian: Влади́мир Алекса́ндрович Али́кин; born 10 May 1957) is a Soviet former biathlete.

[1] Alikin was born in the village of Dolgy Mot near the settlement of Novoilyinsky in the Nytvensky District of the Perm Oblast.

He began cross-country skiing in 1969 at Children and Youth Sport School and biathlon in 1977.

At the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, Alikin won a gold medal with the USSR relay team and he also won a silver medal in the sprint event.

He also won the 1980 Biathlon World Cup in 10 km sprint and USSR Championships in the same event.