Viktor Sharygin

Viktor Sharygin

Personal information
Born	9 October 1949 Moscow, Russia
Died	August 1991 (aged 41) Moscow, Russia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Club	Burevestnik Moskva
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  Soviet Union European Championships 1974 Vienna 4×100 m medley Universiade 1970 Turin 4×100 m medley 1973 Moscow 200 m butterfly

Viktor Sharygin (Russian: Виктор Шарыгин; 9 October 1949 – 1991) was a Russian swimmer who won a bronze medal at the 1974 European Aquatics Championships.^[1] He also competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics and finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m medley (1972) and seventh in the 200 m butterfly (1968).^[2] Between 1969 and 1974 he set nine national records in butterfly and medley relay events.^[3]

Around 1990 he competed in the masters category and won a national titles in the 100 m butterfly. He died in August 1991 during the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt.^[4]

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