Viktor Potapov
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| Birth name | Виктор Яковлевич Потапов | |||||||||||
| Full name | Viktor Yakovlevich Potapov | |||||||||||
| Born | 29 March 1947 Dolgoprudny, Moscow Oblast, RSFSR, USSR | |||||||||||
| Died | 10 December 2017 (aged 70) Dolgoprudny, Moscow Oblast, Russia | |||||||||||
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| Class | Finn class | |||||||||||
Competition record
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Viktor Yakovlevich Potapov (Russian: Виктор Яковлевич Потапов; 29 March 1947 – 10 December 2017) was a Soviet and Russian sailor.[1] He won a bronze medal in the Finn class at the 1972 Summer Olympics.[2]
He died in Dolgoprudny as a result of an automobile accident on 10 December 2017.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ Не cтало Виктора Потапова (in Russian)
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Viktor Potapov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-03.
- ^ 10 декабря на 71-м году жизни трагически оборвалась жизнь Виктора Яковлевича Потапова
- ^ "Стали известны подробности гибели призера ОИ-1972 Потапова в Подмосковье". Archived from the original on 2017-12-10. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
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