Vladimir Osokin | |
Birth Date: | 1954 1, df=y |
Birth Place: | Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Height: | 1.81m (05.94feet) |
Weight: | 73kg (161lb) |
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Vladimir Yuryevich Osokin (ru|Владимир Юрьевич Осокин; born 8 January 1954) is a retired Soviet cyclist. He won a silver and a gold medal in the 4000 m team pursuit at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics, respectively; individually, he finished in fourth and fifth place. Between 1975 and 1981 he won five silver medals in the individual and team pursuit at the world championships.
As a road racer, he finished second in the multistage Peace Race individually and first in the team competition in 1977.
Osokin has a degree in engineering from the Kirov Leningrad Institute of Textile and Light Industry (now St. Petersburg State University of Technology and Design).