Vladimir Mikhaylovich Smirnov (Russian: Влади́мир Миха́йлович Смирно́в; born 7 March 1964, Shuchinsk (formerly of Kokshetau Oblast, now Akmola Oblast, Kazakh SSR) is an Kazakhstani former cross-country skier who raced from the mid-1980s until 1988 for the USSR and, later, for his native country. In Soviet time he trained at Armed Forces sports society in Alma-Ata. In 1994, he received the Holmenkollen Medal (shared with Lyubov Yegorova and Espen Bredesen).
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