Nikolay Pankratov

Pankratov in 2008.

Medal record

Men's cross country skiing
World Championships
	2007 Sapporo	4 x 10 km
	2005 Oberstdorf	4 x 10 km

Nikolay Vladimirovich Pankratov (Russian: Николай Владимирович Панкратов) (born December 23, 1982 in Sverdlovsk) is a Russian cross-country skier who has competed since 2001. He won two medals in the 4 x 10 km at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a silver in 2007 and a bronze in 2005, and finished 10th in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit at the 2005 championships in Oberstdorf.

Pankratov also finished eighth in the 4 x 10 km event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. His only individual win was in a 10 km event in Italy in 2003.

In 2010, Pankratov was allegedly caught with the forbidden substance actovegin when crossing the border to Switzerland.^[1]

References

↑ Vinton, Nathaniel (14 September 2010). "Actovegin resurfaces in Europe as former Russian Olympian Nikolai Pankratov is caught with drug". New York Daily News. Retrieved 29 May 2014.

Nikolai Pankratov at the International Ski Federation

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