Igor Potyakin Explained

Birth Date:14 September 1955
Birth Place:Samara, Russia
Sport:Swimming
Club:Dynamo
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Igor Anatolievich Potyakin (Russian: Игорь Анатольевич Потякин; born 14 September 1955) is a retired Russian backstroke swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 4×100 m medley relay at the 1974 European Aquatics Championships. During his career he won six national titles in the 100 m (1973–1976) and 200 m backstroke (1974) and 4×100 m medley relay (1974).

He graduated from the Samara Polytechnic University. After retirement from senior swimming he competed in the masters category and won a national title in 1996.