Birth Date: | 30 December 1929 |
Birth Place: | Baku, Transcaucasian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Death Date: | 25 May 2008 (aged 78) |
Death Place: | Smolensk, Russia |
Height: | 1.83m (06feet) |
Weight: | 77kg (170lb) |
Sport: | Sprint running |
Club: | Neftçi Baku |
Pb: | 100 m – 10.3 (1957) 200 m – 20.9 (1960) |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Yuriy Semyonovich Konovalov (Russian: Юрий Семёнович Коновалов, 30 December 1929 – 25 May 2008) was a Soviet sprinter. He competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics in the 100 m, 200 m and 4×100 m relay events and won two silver medals, both in the relay. He also won a bronze medal in the relay at the 1958 European Championships. Domestically he won two titles, in the 100 m in 1957, and in the 200 m in 1958.[1]