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Viktor Arkadyevich Bryzhin (
Ukrainian : Віктор Аркадійович Бризгін ,
Russian : Виктор Аркадьевич Брызгин , Viktor Bryzgin; born 22 August 1962 in
Voroshilovgrad
[1] ) is a former
Soviet
athlete , winner of gold medal in 4 × 100 m
relay at the
1988 Summer Olympics .
Career
Viktor Bryzhin trained at
Dynamo in
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
1987 World Championships , Bryzhin finished fifth in 100 m and was second in 4 × 100 m relay. At the
Seoul
Olympics , Bryzhin ran the opening leg in the Soviet 4 × 100 m relay team, which, in absence of
United States won the gold medal. In 1988 he was awarded the title
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
Olha Bryzhina (née Vladykina) was also a notable athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1988 Olympics. Together they have two daughters
Yelizaveta Bryzhina and
Anastasiia Bryzgina
[2]
[3]
[4] who are also a successful track and field athletes (competing for
Ukraine ).
[5]
[6]
References
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a
b
Great Russian Encyclopedia (2006),
Moscow : Bol'shaya Rossiyskaya Enciklopediya Publisher, vol. 4, p. 692
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Romanization of Russian differs from
Romanization of Ukrainian
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Russia dominates on day of upsets in Bergen - European Team Champs Day 2 ,
International Association of Athletics Federations (June 21, 2010)
^ (in Ukrainian)
Єлизавета Бризгіна: Головне — не участь, а перемога ,
Ukrayina Moloda (July 23, 2010)
^
Chris Tomlinson secures European long jump bronze ,
BBC (August 1, 2010)
^
Lewis-Francis accepts blame for 4x100m relay disaster ,
BBC (July 31, 2010)
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