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Nationality
  
Russian

Club
  
Dynamo Sports Club

Name
  
Aleksey Zhigalov

Country
  
Russia

Life partner(s)
  
Lyubov Zhigalova


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Died
  
July 7, 1963, Moscow, Russia

Aleksey Petrovich Zhigalov (Russian: Алексей Петрович Жигалов , 25 February 1915 – 7 July 1963) was a Russian diver. He competed in the 3 m springboard at the 1952 Summer Olympics and finished in eighth place. He won 17 national titles in the springboard (1934, 1936, 1937, 1943–1949) and platform (1934, 1936, 1937, 1946–1947, 1950, 1952). His wife, Lyubov Zhigalova, also competed in the springboard at the 1952 Olympics.

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