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.