Birth Date: | 8 December 1935 |
Birth Place: | Leningrad, Russian SFSR |
Death Date: | 1995 (aged 59) |
Height: | 1.76m (05.77feet) |
Weight: | 68kg (150lb) |
Sport: | Swimming |
Club: | Dynamo (1954–1956) Sport Club of the Army (1956–1961)[1] |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Vitaly Ivanovich Sorokin (Russian: Виталий Иванович Сорокин; 8 December 1935 – 1995) was a Russian swimmer, who competed at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics. He won a bronze medal in 1956 and finished eighth in 1960 in the freestyle relay.[2] In 1956 he set a world record in the freestyle relay. Between 1956 and 1959 he also set 6 European and 18 national records in freestyle relay events.[1] [3]
After retiring from competitions he worked as a swimming coach. Galina Prozumenshchikova was among his students.[1]