Aleksandr Tarasov
For hockey player, see Alexander Tarasov (ice hockey).
For Russian footballer, see Aleksandr Tarasov (footballer).
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
12 March 1927 Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||
| Died | 16 June 1984 (aged 57) | ||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||
| Sport | Modern pentathlon | ||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=icon}
Aleksandr Tarasov (23 March 1927 – 16 June 1984) was a Soviet modern pentathlete and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, where he won a gold medal in the team competition (together with Ivan Deryugin and Igor Novikov, and placed eighth in the individual competition.[1][2]
References
- ↑ "Profile: Aleksandr Tarasov". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
- ↑ "Olympics Statistics: Aleksandr Tarasov". databaseolympics.com. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, December 19, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.