Viktor Sharygin Explained

Birth Date:9 October 1949
Death Date:August 1991 (aged 41)
Birth Place:Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Death Place:Moscow, Soviet Union
Height:1.8m (05.9feet)
Weight:78kg (172lb)
Sport:Swimming
Club:Burevestnik Moskva

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.[1] \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.

Notes and References

  1. http://swimmingmasters.narod.ru/swim/RS.html ХРОНОЛОГИЯ РЕКОРДОВ СССР ПО ПЛАВАНИЮ