Viktor Modzolevsky Explained

Viktor Modzolevsky
Birth Date:13 April 1943
Birth Place:Aktyubinsk, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Death Place:Tula Oblast, Russia
Sport:Fencing
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Viktor Modzolevsky (Russian: Виктор Игоревич Модзолевский; 13 April 1943  - 20 November 2011) was a Soviet fencer. He won a silver medal in the team épée event at the 1968 Summer Olympics and a bronze in the same event at the 1972 Summer Olympics.[1] [2] He was a coach of the Russian national team in the 1990s.

Modzolevsky died in a road accident on 20 November 2011 in way Tula - Voronezh (Don Highway).[3] [4] He was 68.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Olympics Statistics: Viktor Modzalevsky . 2 January 2011 . databaseolympics.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121018140506/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MODZAVIK01 . 18 October 2012 .
  2. Web site: Viktor Modzalevsky Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417230601/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/viktor-modzalevsky-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 2 January 2011 . sports-reference.com.
  3. http://www.gazeta.ru/news/sport/2011/11/22/n_2105814.shtml В Воронежской области в ДТП погиб знаменитый советский фехтовальщик Виктор Модзолевский
  4. http://www.utro.ru/news/2011/11/22/1012253.shtml В ДТП под Тулой погиб семикратный чемпион мира по фехтованию