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Soviet racewalker
Vladimir Svechnikov is a former
Soviet
racewalking athlete who specialised in the
50 kilometres race walk. He competed at two editions of the
IAAF World Race Walking Cup. At the
1973 IAAF World Race Walking Cup he placed tenth and on his return two years later at the
1975 race he took the bronze medal behind fellow Soviet
Yevgeniy Lyungin and West Germany's
Gerhard Weidner.
[1]
[2] At national level, he was overshadowed during his career by walkers such as
Veniamin Soldatenko and
Otto Barch.
[3]
International competitions
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