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Born | 27 April 1937 Tashkent, Uzbekistan | ||||||||||||||
Died | 17 November 2010 (aged 73) Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Club | CSKA Moscow | ||||||||||||||
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Leonid Nikolayevich Kolesnikov ( Russian: Леонид Николаевич Колесников; 27 April 1937 – 17 November 2010) [1] was a Soviet swimmer. He had his best achievements in breaststroke, winning a European title in the 200 m in 1958 [2] and setting a world record in the 100 m breaststroke in 1961. [3] He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in the 400 m freestyle and 4×100 m medley relay and finished in fifth place in the relay, swimming the breaststroke leg. [4] Between 1958 and 1961 he set six European records: three in the 200 m breaststroke and three in the 4×100 m medley relay. [5] In 1962 he won a silver medal in the medley relay at the European championships. [2]
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Born | 27 April 1937 Tashkent, Uzbekistan | ||||||||||||||
Died | 17 November 2010 (aged 73) Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Club | CSKA Moscow | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Leonid Nikolayevich Kolesnikov ( Russian: Леонид Николаевич Колесников; 27 April 1937 – 17 November 2010) [1] was a Soviet swimmer. He had his best achievements in breaststroke, winning a European title in the 200 m in 1958 [2] and setting a world record in the 100 m breaststroke in 1961. [3] He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in the 400 m freestyle and 4×100 m medley relay and finished in fifth place in the relay, swimming the breaststroke leg. [4] Between 1958 and 1961 he set six European records: three in the 200 m breaststroke and three in the 4×100 m medley relay. [5] In 1962 he won a silver medal in the medley relay at the European championships. [2]