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Viktor Potapov

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Viktor Potapov
Personal information
Birth nameВиктор Яковлевич Потапов
Full nameViktor Yakovlevich Potapov
Born(1947-03-29)29 March 1947
Dolgoprudny, Moscow Oblast, RSFSR, USSR
Died10 December 2017(2017-12-10) (aged 70)
Dolgoprudny, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Sailing career
ClassFinn class
Competition record
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Munich Finn class

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.

He died in Dolgoprudny as a result of an automobile accident on December 10, 2017.[2][3]

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