Ivan Ivanovich Garanin (Russian: Иван Иванович Гаранин, born August 1, 1945) is a former cross-country skier who represented the Soviet Union.

Ivan Garanin
Medal record
Men's cross-country skiing
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Innsbruck 30 km
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Innsbruck 4 x 10 km
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1974 Falun 4 x 10 km

Garanin trained at VSS Enbek in Rudni, Kostanay Province. At the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Garanin took bronze medals in the 30 km and the 4 x 10 km relay. He later won the Vasaloppet, in 1977.[1]

Garanin won a silver medal in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1974 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Falun.

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  1. ^ "Historiska segrare" (PDF) (in Swedish). Vasaloppet. p. 2. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

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