Vladimir Dolgov
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| Born | 11 May 1960 Kharkiv, USSR | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 January 2022 (aged 61) North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Vladimir Genrikhovich Dolgov (Russian: Владимир Генрихович Долгов, 11 May 1960 – 10 January 2022) was a backstroke swimmer from the Soviet Union.[1] He won the bronze medal in the men's 100m backstroke event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.[2] He later emigrated to the United States, working as a swimming coach for Sailfish Aquatics at Huntersville Family Fitness & Aquatics in North Carolina.
Dolgov died from stomach cancer on 10 January 2022, at the age of 61.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ databaseOlympics
- ^ Sports Reference profile
- ^ Edmund, Emma (10 January 2022). "Olympic Medalist and Sailfish Aquatics Coach Vladimir Dolgov Dies at 61". Swim Swam. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
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- FISU World University Games silver medalists for the Soviet Union
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