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| Born | (1937-09-15) 15 September 1937 (age 87) Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Burevestnik Leningrad | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Viktor Yegorovich Romanov (Russian: Виктор Егорович Романов; born 15 September 1937) is a Russian academician and retired cyclist. He won bronze medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1962 world championships in the 4000 m team pursuit; he won the world title in this event in 1963.
After graduating from the Saint Petersburg Textile Institute in 1963, he worked there, first as researcher, then as director of studies and vice-rector. In 1972 he was sent to Algeria where for three year he was an adviser of higher education. After returning to Russia he continued working at the same institute and in 1988 became its rector. He is a vice president of the Russian Union of Rectors.
Romanov holds a PhD in textile engineering. He is a full professor and a member of the Russian and international academies of engineering. He co-authored more than 200 scientific articles and 32 patents and supervised 37 PhD and 3 habilitation theses. In the periods of 1967–1972 and 1977–1984 he acted as deputy of Kuybyshev District Council (now part of the Tsentralny District, Saint Petersburg). He was awarded the Medal "For Distinguished Labour" (1960), Medal "For Labour Valour" (1970) and Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1981).
He is married and has two sons.
References
- Viktor Romanov. sports-reference.com
- Viktor Romanov. cyclingarchives.com
- Track Cycling World Championships 2012 to 1893. bikecult.com
- ^ Romanov, Victor Yegorovich. ceo.spb.ru
- РОМАНОВ ВИКТОР ЕГОРОВИЧ. Вице-президент Российского Союза ректоров Archived 5 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine. rsr-online.ru
- Романов Виктор Егорович. famous-scientists.ru
- Романов Виктор Егорович. whoiswho.dp.ru
- 1937 births
- Living people
- Cyclists from Saint Petersburg
- Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic cyclists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic medalists in cycling
- Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
- Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia)
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Russian male cyclists
- Soviet male cyclists
- 20th-century Russian sportsmen