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Aleksandr Tarasov (pentathlete)

Aleksandr Tarasov
Personal information
Born (1927-03-12)12 March 1927
Moscow, Russia
Died 16 June 1984(1984-06-16) (aged 57)
Sport
Sport Modern pentathlon

Aleksandr Tarasov (23 March 1927 – 16 June 1984) was a Soviet modern pentathlete and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, where he won a gold medal in the team competition (together with Ivan Deryugin and Igor Novikov, and placed eighth in the individual competition.



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