Sport Modern pentathlon Children Irina Deriugina Name Ivan Deriuhin Grandchildren Ireesha | Role Olympic athlete Died January 10, 1996 | |
Born 25 November 1928 ( 1928-11-25 ) Zmiiv, Kharkiv, Ukraine | ||
Great grandchildren Jacqueline Brynzak | ||
Ivan Deriuhin (25 November 1928 – 10 January 1996) was a Soviet modern pentathlete and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, where he won a gold medal in the team competition (together with Aleksandr Tarasov and Igor Novikov, and placed ninth in the individual competition.
He is a father of Soviet gymnast Irina Deriugina.
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