Leonid Spirin
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| Men's athletics | ||
Representing the  Soviet Union | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1956 Melbourne | 20 km Walk |
| European Championships | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1958 Stockholm | 20 km walk |
Leonid Vasilevich Spirin (Russian: Леонид Васильевич Спирин, 21 June 1932 – 23 February 1982) was a Russian athlete who competed for the Soviet Union. He was born in Zhavoronki.
He competed for the USSR in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the 20 kilometer walk where he won the gold medal.[1]
Spirin was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor (1957).
References
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Leonid Spirin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
Full name: Leonid Vasilyevich Spirin / Original name: Леонид Васильевич Спирин
External links
- Leonid Spirin at World Athletics
- Leonid Spirin at European Athletics (archived former page)
- Leonid Spirin at Olympics.com
- Leonid Spirin at Olympic.org (archived)
- Leonid Spirin at Olympedia
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Categories:
- 1932 births
- 1982 deaths
- People from Odintsovsky District
- Russian men race walkers
- Soviet men race walkers
- Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- World record setters in the sport of athletics
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists in athletics
- Athletes from Moscow Oblast
- 20th-century Russian sportsmen
- Olympic men race walkers
- Soviet athletics Olympic medalist stubs
- Russian race walker stubs