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Viktor Sharygin

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Sport
  
Swimming

Height
  
1.8 m

Died
  
1991, Moscow, Russia


Name
  
Viktor Sharygin

Club
  
Burevestnik Moskva

Weight
  
78 kg

Born
  
9 October 1949
Moscow, Russia

Viktor Sharygin (Russian: Виктор Шарыгин; 9 October 1949 – 1991) was a Russian swimmer who won a bronze medal at the 1974 European Aquatics Championships. He also competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics and finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m medley (1972) and seventh in the 200 m butterfly (1968). Between 1969 and 1974 he set nine national records in butterfly and medley relay events.

Around 1990 he competed in the masters category and won a national titles in the 100 m butterfly. He died in August 1991 during the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt.

References

Viktor Sharygin Wikipedia