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Viktor Mineyev

Viktor Mineyev
Personal information
Born (1937-06-19)19 June 1937
Died 22 July 2002(2002-07-22) (aged 65)
Moscow
Sport
Sport Modern pentathlon

Viktor Mineyev (19 June 1937 – 22 July 2002) is a former Soviet modern pentathlete and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where he won a gold medal in the team competition (together with Igor Novikov and Albert Mokeyev), and placed fifth in the individual competition. Is the first sportsman in history of Republic Azerbaijan won a gold Olympic medal (1964 Olympic Games of Tokyo).



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