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Height
  
1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)

Name
  
Aleksandr Samsonov

Club
  
CSKA Moscow

Sport
  
Swimming

Weight
  
80 kg (180 lb)


Born
  
16 July 1953 (age 70) (
1953-07-16
)
Moscow, Russia

Aleksandr Vasilyevich Samsonov (Russian: Александр Васильевич Самсонов; born 16 July 1953) is a Russian former swimmer. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the 400 m, 1500 m and 4 × 200 m freestyle. He won a bronze medal in the relay, in which he swam for the Soviet team in the preliminary round, but failed to reach the finals in other events.

Between 1970 and 1975 he won six medals at European and world championships, including four medals at the 1974 European Aquatics Championships.

References

Aleksandr Samsonov Wikipedia