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Igor Novikov

Igor Novikov on a 2009 Armenian stamp
Personal information
Birth name	Igor Aleksandrovich Novikov
Born	(1929-10-19)19 October 1929 Drezna, Orekhovo-Zuyevsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	30 August 2007(2007-08-30) (aged 77) Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	80 kg (180 lb)
Sport
Sport	Modern pentathlon
Club	Dynamo Yerevan
Medal record Representing  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne Team 1964 Tokyo Team 1960 Rome Team 1964 Tokyo Individual

Igor Aleksandrovich Novikov (Russian: Игорь Александрович Новиков, 19 October 1929 – 30 August 2007) was a Soviet modern pentathlete and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, where he won a gold medal in the team competition (together with Aleksandr Tarasov and Ivan Deriuhin. He won a silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, and he competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where he won a gold medal in the team competition (together with Albert Mokeyev and Viktor Mineyev), and a silver medal in the individual competition.

After retiring from competitions, Novikov worked as a modern pentathlon coach and administrator. Between 1977 and 1991 he was president of the Soviet Modern Pentathlon Federation, and from 1988 to 1992 president of the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne.

References

1. ^ "Profile: Igor Novikov". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
2. "Olympics Statistics: Igor Novikov". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2012-07-15.

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1952:  Gábor Benedek, Aladár Kovácsi & István Szondy (HUN) 1956:  Igor Novikov, Aleksandr Tarasov & Ivan Deriuhin (URS) 1960:  Imre Nagy, András Balczó & Ferenc Németh (HUN) 1964:  Albert Mokeyev, Igor Novikov & Viktor Mineyev (URS) 1968:  András Balczó, István Móna & Ferenc Török (HUN) 1972:  Boris Onishchenko, Pavel Lednyov & Vladimir Shmelyov (URS) 1976:  Adrian Parker, Danny Nightingale & Jim Fox (GBR) 1980:  Anatoli Starostin, Pavel Lednyov & Yevgeny Lipeyev (URS) 1984:  Daniele Masala, Carlo Massullo & Pierpaolo Cristofori (ITA) 1988:  János Martinek, Attila Mizsér & László Fábián (HUN) 1992:  Arkadiusz Skrzypaszek, Dariusz Goździak & Maciej Czyżowicz (POL)

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