Mikhail Linge
Mikhail Innokentyevich Linge (Russian: Михаил Иннокентьевич Линге; November 26, 1958 in Kaluga – February 4, 1994) was a gold medalist in the men's 4 × 400 m relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics for the Soviet Union.
After the Olympics, he lived in Moscow, studied at the State Central Institute of Physical Culture and played for the team in Moscow. Domestic problems obscure sporting future pushed Linge a slippery slope. He became a "puppeteer". Was sentenced to nine and a half years in prison. In 1990 amnesty, was engaged in business. Partners in the new project, in which Michael has invested almost all the money the firm, cruelly deceived him. As a result, - bankruptcy and huge debts. Mikhail died the fourth of February, 1994 in Moscow killed under mysterious circumstances.
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- 1912
Sheppard, Lindberg, Meredith, Reidpath (USA)
- 1920
Griffiths, Lindsay, Ainsworth-Davis, Butler (GBR)
- 1924
Cochran, Helffrich, MacDonald, Stevenson (USA)
- 1928
Baird, Spencer, Alderman, Barbuti (USA)
- 1932
Fuqua, Ablowich, Warner, Carr (USA)
- 1936
Wolff, Rampling, Roberts, Brown (GBR)
- 1948
Harnden, Bourland, Cochran, Whitfield (USA)
- 1952
Wint, Laing, McKenley, Rhoden (JAM)
- 1956
Jenkins, Jones, Mashburn, Courtney (USA)
- 1960
Yerman, Young, G. Davis, O. Davis (USA)
- 1964
Cassell, Larrabee, Williams, Carr (USA)
- 1968
Matthews, Freeman, James, Evans (USA)
- 1972
Asati, Nyamau, Ouko, Sang (KEN)
- 1976
Frazier, Brown, Newhouse, Parks (USA)
- 1980
Valiulis, Linge, Chernetskiy, Markin (URS)
- 1984
Nix, Armstead, Babers, McKay (USA)
- 1988
Everett, Lewis, Robinzine, Reynolds, McKay, Valmon (USA)
- 1992
Valmon, Watts, Johnson, Lewis, Hall, Jenkins (USA)
- 1996
Smith, Harrison, Mills, Maybank, Rouser (USA)
- 2000
Chukwu, Monye, Bada, Udo-Obong, Awazie, Gadzama (NGR)
- 2004
Harris, Brew, Wariner, Williamson, Rock, Willie (USA)
- 2008
Merritt, Taylor, Neville, Wariner, Clement, Witherspoon (USA)
- 2012
Brown, Pinder, Mathieu, Miller (BAH)
- 2016
Hall, McQuay, Roberts, Merritt, Clemons, Verburg (USA)
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