Vasily Borisov
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![]() Borisov at the 1954 World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Mayaki, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR[1] | 12 December 1922|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 21 August 2003 Moscow, Russia | (aged 80)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rifle shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Dynamo Moscow[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Vasily Fyodorovich Borisov (Russian: Василий Фёдорович Борисов; 12 December 1922 – 21 August 2003) was a Soviet rifle shooter. He competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics in five individual events and won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal.[2] Between 1954 and 1966 Borisov won 22 medals at the world championships.[3] At the 1954 World Championships, he and his teammate Anatoli Bogdanov won 13 medals each, cleansweeping most rifle events.
After he retired from competitions, Borisov worked as a coach. He lived in Moscow, on Mira Avenue.[3] Borisov died in Moscow on 21 August 2003, at the age of 80.[4][3]
References
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- ^ a b Grigory Chernevich, ed. (2003). Dynamo. Encyclopedia. OLMA Media Group. p. 247. ISBN 978-5-224-04399-6.
- ^ Vasily Borisov. sports-reference.com
- ^ a b c Slyusarenko, Yevgeny (9 March 2023). "Инфа — сотка. Как «Матч ТВ» три месяца искал столетнего русского олимпийца и что из этого получилось". Match.tv.
- ^ "Vasily Borisov". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
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- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
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- Olympic medalists in shooting
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- Russian male sport shooters
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