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| Birth name | Виктор Яковлевич Потапов | |||||||||||
| Full name | Viktor Yakovlevich Potapov | |||||||||||
| Born | (1947-03-29)29 March 1947 Dolgoprudny, Moscow Oblast, RSFSR, USSR | |||||||||||
| Died | 10 December 2017(2017-12-10) (aged 70) Dolgoprudny, Moscow Oblast, Russia | |||||||||||
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| Class | Finn class | |||||||||||
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Viktor Yakovlevich Potapov (Russian: Виктор Яковлевич Потапов; 29 March 1947 – 10 December 2017) was a Soviet and Russian sailor. He won a bronze medal in the Finn class at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
He died in Dolgoprudny as a result of an automobile accident on 10 December 2017.
References
- Не cтало Виктора Потапова (in Russian)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Viktor Potapov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-03.
- 10 декабря на 71-м году жизни трагически оборвалась жизнь Виктора Яковлевича Потапова
- "Стали известны подробности гибели призера ОИ-1972 Потапова в Подмосковье". Archived from the original on 2017-12-10. Retrieved 2017-12-11.
External links
- Viktor Potapov at World Sailing
- Viktor Potapov at Olympics.com
- Viktor Potapov at Olympedia (archive)
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