Name Gusman Kosanov Role Olympic athlete | Died July 19, 1990 Height 1.75 m | |
Olympic medals Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay Similar People Martin Lauer, Armin Hary, Peter Radford, David Segal | ||
Gusman Kosanov (Russian: Гусман Косанов; May 25, 1935 - July 19, 1990) was a Soviet athlete, born in Izatulla, Kazakh SSR, who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He trained in Kishinev and later in Alma-ata at the Armed Forces Sports Society.
He competed for the USSR in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Leonid Bartenev, Yuriy Konovalov and Edvin Ozolin.
He was the first Olympic medallist from Kazakhstan.
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