Two-time Olympic biathlon champion Viktor Mamatov has always been an example of honesty and hard work. His departure was a great loss, said the Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation. Oleg Matytsin .
On Friday it became known that honorary vice-president of the Russian Biathlon Union (RBR) Mamatov died at the age of 86.
— Prominent biathlete and two-time Olympic biathlon champion Viktor Fedorovich Mamatov has died. It is bitter to see that our teachers are leaving, those who have always been an example of honesty, sincerity and hard work.
After completing his sports career, Viktor Fedorovich was engaged in teaching, popularized biathlon and worked for the benefit of national sports. This is our history, our foundation on which we continue to build a modern sports system. His death is a great loss for the entire sporting community.
I express my sincere condolences to the parents, friends and colleagues of Viktor Fedorovich of the Russian Biathlon Union. This is a great loss for the entire sports family,” Matytsin said, quoted by the press service of the Ministry of Sports.
The director of the Sports Training Center of the Russian national teams also expressed his condolences to Mamatov’s family and friends. Georgiy Bryusov .
“The life of Viktor Fedorovich can serve as an example of overcoming all difficulties, and his achievements are the embodiment of the victorious traditions of national sport.
On behalf of the team of the Sports Training Center of the Russian National Teams and on my own behalf, I express my sincere condolences to the family and friends of Viktor Fedorovich. We cry with you. “Eternal memory of the legend,” Bryusov wrote on his Telegram channel.
Mamatov is a double Olympic champion (1968, 1972) in the 4×7.5 km relay and a quadruple world champion (1967, 1969, 1970, 1971) in biathlon. After completing his career, he received the title of Honored Coach of the USSR, from 1989 to 1992 he headed the USSR Biathlon Federation and from 1993 to 2002 he was the first vice-president of the International Biathlon Federation (IBU). .
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