Valentin Novikov

Valentin Yuryevich Novikov is a Russian orienteering competitor and the brother of Leonid Novikov. He finished second in the middle distance at the 2004 World Orienteering Championships and third in 2007, and he is a two-time relay world champion, in 2006 and 2007, with the Russian winning teams, with a relay silver in 2004. At the European championships he won two individual golds in Truskavets in 2000, a bronze in 2006 and a relay gold in Ventspils in 2008. In 2004 he became the first non-Scandinavian man to win the O-Ringen, and he ran a decisive last leg for the winning team at Jukola in 2008.