Viktor Sharygin

Viktor Sharygin
Personal information
Born 9 October 1949
Moscow, Russia
Died August 1991 (aged 41)
Moscow, Russia
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Club Burevestnik Moskva

Viktor Sharygin (Russian: Виктор Шарыгин; 9 October 1949 – 1991) was a Russian swimmer who won a bronze medal at the 1974 European Aquatics Championships.[1] He also competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics and finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m medley (1972) and seventh in the 200 m butterfly (1968).[2] Between 1969 and 1974 he set nine national records in butterfly and medley relay events.[3]

Around 1990 he competed in the masters category and won a national titles in the 100 m butterfly. He died in August 1991 during the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt.[4]

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