Aleksandr Samsonov
Appearance
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Born | Moscow, Soviet Union | 16 July 1953|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | CSKA Moscow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Aleksandr Vasilyevich Samsonov (Russian: Александр Васильевич Самсонов; born 16 July 1953) is a Russian former swimmer. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the 400 m, 1500 m and 4 × 200 m freestyle. He won a bronze medal in the relay, in which he swam for the Soviet team in the preliminary round, but failed to reach the finals in other events.[1]
Between 1970 and 1975 he won six medals at European and world championships, including four medals at the 1974 European Aquatics Championships.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Aleksandr Samsonov". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
- ^ Aleksandr SAMSONOV. les-sports.info
Categories:
- 1953 births
- Living people
- Russian male freestyle swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for the Soviet Union
- Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Soviet male freestyle swimmers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
- Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- Medalists at the 1973 Summer Universiade
- 20th-century Russian sportsmen
- Russian swimming biography stubs