Igor Badamchin is a former Soviet

Soviet Union

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/Russia

Russia

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 cross country skier who competed from 1989 to 1997. He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1993 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

1993 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1993 took place 19–28 February 1993 in Falun, Sweden, for the third time . This event saw the creation of the combined pursuit where competitors would skate one distance in the classical interval style one day, then follow the next day in the freestyle...

 in Falun

Falun

Falun is a city and the seat of Falun Municipality in Dalarna County, Sweden, with 36,447 inhabitants in 2005. It is also the capital of Dalarna County...

 and earned his best individual finishes of 5th twice at the world championships (1989: 50 km, 1993: 30 km).

Badamachin's best individual finish at the Winter Olympics was 14th at the 50 km event in 1994

1994 Winter Olympics

The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated from 12 to 27 February 1994 in and around Lillehammer, Norway. Lillehammer failed to win the bid for the 1992 event. Lillehammer was awarded the games in 1988, after having beat...

. His best finish was 2nd place three times, earning it once in 1989 and twice in 1996.

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