Background
Barnashov was born in the village of Ryazany, Muromtsevsky District, Omsk Oblast.
Barnashov was born in the village of Ryazany, Muromtsevsky District, Omsk Oblast.
In the overall World Cup he came third overall in the 1978-1979 season behind Klaus Siebert and Frank Ullrich. He was a coach of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics National Biathlon Team between 1984 and 1992, training six Olympic Champions in biathlon and becoming the Honoured Trainer of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics in 1988. Barnashov graduated from Omsk State Institute for Physical Culture in 1980 and is currently head coach of Russian biathlon team
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.
Olympic Games 1 medal (1 gold) World Championships 3 medals (3 bronze) *During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program Individual victories 2 victories (1 In, 1 Sp).
Barnashov was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honour in 1980, and in 1988 he received the Medal "Foreign Labour Valour". Between 1992 and 1998 Barnashov was the Head Coach of the Croatian National Cross-Country Skiing Team. He was also awarded the Medal of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 2nd class (October 21, 2010), for the successful preparation of the athletes who achieved high sport achievements at the XXI Olympic Winter Games of 2010 in Vancouver, Canada. Barnashov has also been given the honorary sports titles of Honored Master of Sports, Honored coach of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and Honoured Coach of Russia.
He trained at Dynamo sports society and was a member of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics National Biathlon Team from 1977.
