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| Birth name | Boris Borisovich Melnikov | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1938-05-16)16 May 1938 Leningrad, RSFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 February 2022(2022-02-05) (aged 83) Saint Petersburg, Russia | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
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Boris Borisovich Melnikov (Russian: Борис Борисович Мельников; 16 May 1938 – 5 February 2022) was a Russian fencer. He won a gold medal in the team sabre event at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Melnikov died in Saint Petersburg on 5 February 2022, at the age of 83.
References
- "Olympics Statistics: Boris Melnikov". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
- "Boris Melnikov Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
- "Умер олимпийский чемпион 1964 года по фехтованию Борис Мельников". Life. ru (in Russian). 5 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
- "Boris Melnikov". Olympedia. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
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