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Nikolai Gusakov

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Nikolai Gusakov was born in 1934 in Russia and died in 1993. He was a former Soviet Nordic combined skier who won a bronze in the individual event at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. He also won the Nordic combined event at the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1961.

Gusakov trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow and later in Leningrad. He was the first Soviet athlete to win an Olympic medal in the Nordic combined and the first one to win the Nordic combined event at the Holmenkollen ski festival.

He is a player known for his mental toughness owing to which many of his famous matches went the distance. His superior approach and dedication to the game made him stand out from the crowd.

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