Name Aleksandr Baryshnikov | Role Olympic athlete | |
Full name Aleksandr Georgievich Baryshnikov Born November 11, 1948 (age 75) ( 1948-11-11 ) Olympic medals Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's shot put, Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics - Men's Shot Put People also search for Vladimir Kiselyov, Udo Beyer, Yevgeniy Mironov | ||
Aleksandr baryshnikov shot put 22 00 in 1976
Aleksandr Georgievich Baryshnikov (Russian: Александр Георгиевич Барышников, born November 11, 1948) is a former Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the Shot Put. He trained at Dynamo in Leningrad.
He competed for the USSR in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the Shot Put where he won the bronze medal. He returned four years later in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Union where he improved one place to second winning the silver medal.
He was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor.
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