Vladimir Shmelyov | |
Birth Date: | 31 August 1946 |
Birth Place: | Magadan, Khabarovsk Krai, Russian SFSR, USSR |
Death Place: | Moscow Oblast, Russia |
Sport: | Modern pentathlon |
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Vladimir Konstantinovich Shmelyov (31 August 1946 – 14 June 2023) was a Soviet modern pentathlete and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, where he won a gold medal in the team competition (together with Boris Onishchenko and Pavel Lednyov), and placed fifth in the individual competition.[1]
Shmelyov died on 14 June 2023, at the age of 76.[2]