# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/valery-tarakanov
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:38:24.262Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/valery-tarakanov"
name: "Valery Tarakanov"
slug: "valery-tarakanov"
description: "Valery Tarakanov is a Soviet/Russian former cross-country skier who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He won the 4x10 km gold at the 1970 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Vysoké Tatry. Tarakanov also finished 6th in the 15 km in the same championships. He was on the 4x10 km team that finished fourth at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble."
tagline: "Soviet cross-country skier"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1941-08-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           35.61
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.002088000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Тараканов, Валерий Иванович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "فاليرى تاراكانوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waleri_Iwanowitsch_Tarakanow"
    title: "Waleri Iwanowitsch Tarakanow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valery_Tarakanov"
    title: "Valery Tarakanov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valeri_Tarakanov"
    title: "Valeri Tarakanov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valery_Tarakanov"
    title: "Valery Tarakanov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerij_Tarakanov"
    title: "Valerij Tarakanov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walerij_Tarakanow"
    title: "Walerij Tarakanow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2667409"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump