Vladimir Shmelyov
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Born | Magadan, Khabarovsk Krai, Russian SFSR, USSR | 31 August 1946||||||||||||||
Died | 14 June 2023 Moscow Oblast, Russia | (aged 76)||||||||||||||
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Sport | Modern pentathlon | ||||||||||||||
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Vladimir Konstantinovich Shmelyov (Russian: Владимир Константинович Шмелёв31 August 1946 – 14 June 2023) was a Soviet modern pentathlete and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, where he won a gold medal in the team competition (together with Boris Onishchenko and Pavel Lednyov), and placed fifth in the individual competition.[1]
Shmelyov died on 14 June 2023, at the age of 76.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Profile: Vladimir Shmelyov". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
- ^ Стало известно о смерти известного олимпийского чемпиона (in Russian)