Viktor Bryzhin

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Viktor Bryzhin
Personal information
Born (1962-08-22) 22 August 1962 (age 61)
Voroshilovgrad, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
Country Soviet Union
SportTrack and field
Event4 × 100m relay
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul 4x100m relay
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1987 Rome 4x100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Helsinki 4x100 m relay

Viktor Arkadyevich Bryzhin (

athlete, winner of gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics
.

Career

Viktor Bryzhin trained at

Voroshilovgrad. He made his debut in the international championships at the first World Championships, where he reached to the quarterfinal of 100 m and won a bronze as a member of Soviet 4 × 100 m relay team. At the 1986 European Championships
, Bryzhin was last in the final of 100 m, but won the gold in 4 × 100 m.

At the

Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR.[1] Bryzhin made his last appearance in the international athletics scene at the 1991 World Championships
, where he finished seventh with the Soviet 4 × 100 m relay team.

His wife

Anastasiia Bryzgina[2][3][4] who are also a successful track and field athletes (competing for Ukraine).[5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b Great Russian Encyclopedia (2006), Moscow: Bol'shaya Rossiyskaya Enciklopediya Publisher, vol. 4, p. 692
  2. ^ Romanization of Russian differs from Romanization of Ukrainian
  3. International Association of Athletics Federations
    (June 21, 2010)
  4. Ukrayina Moloda
    (July 23, 2010)
  5. ^ Chris Tomlinson secures European long jump bronze, BBC (August 1, 2010)
  6. ^ Lewis-Francis accepts blame for 4x100m relay disaster, BBC (July 31, 2010)
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