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).
He trained at Dynamo sports society and was a member of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics National Biathlon Team from 1977.