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Sergei Pleshakov

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Sergei Pleshakov
Sergei (left) and Vladimir Pleshakov (right) at the 1980 Olympics
Personal information
Born2 November 1957 (1957-11-02)
Syzran, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died29 May 2018 (2018-05-30)
Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation
Height182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
SportField hockey
ClubTorpedo Syzran (1975–1977)
SKA Sverdlovsk (1977–1998)
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Moscow Team

Sergei Mikhailovich Pleshakov (Russian: Сергей Михайлович Плешаков, 2 November 1957 — 29 May 2018) is a retired Russian field hockey defender. Together with his twin brother Vladimir he competed in the 1980, 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1980.[1]

In 1975 Pleshakov started playing for the club Torpedo Syzran, but in 1977 moved to SKA Sverdlovsk, where he was serving with the Soviet Army. He retired in 1994 to become a coach of SKA Sverdlovsk. The team was disbanded in 1998, and Pleshakov became an association football administrator.[2]

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