Birth Date: | 11 May 1960 |
Birth Place: | Kharkiv, USSR |
Death Place: | North Carolina, U.S. |
Vladimir Genrikhovich Dolgov (Russian: Владимир Генрихович Долгов, 11 May 1960 – 10 January 2022) was a backstroke swimmer from the Soviet Union.[1] He won the bronze medal in the men's 100m backstroke event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.[2] He later emigrated to the United States, working as a swimming coach for Sailfish Aquatics at Huntersville Family Fitness & Aquatics in North Carolina.
Dolgov died from stomach cancer on 10 January 2022, at the age of 61.[3]