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Boris Goykhman

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Olympic medal record
Men's Water Polo
Representing  Soviet Union
Silver medal – second place 1960 Rome Team competition
Bronze medal – third place 1956 Melbourne Team competition

Boris Abramovich Goykhman (Russian: Борис Абрамович Гойхман, April 28, 1919 – October 28, 2005) was a Soviet water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics, in the 1956 Summer Olympics, and in the 1960 Summer Olympics.

He is Jewish, and was born in Voznesensk, Ukrainian SSR.[1]

In 1952 he was a member of the Soviet team which finished seventh in the Olympic water polo tournament. He played all nine matches as goalkeeper.

Four years later he won the bronze medal with the Soviet team in the water polo competition at the 1956 Games. He played six matches as goalkeeper.

At the 1960 Games he was part of the Soviet team which won the bronze medal in the Olympic water polo tournament. He played four matches as goalkeeper.

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