Soviet swimmer (1937–2010)
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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) was a Soviet swimmer. He had his best achievements in breaststroke, winning European title in the: 200 m in 1958. And setting world record in the——100 m breaststroke in 1961. 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. Between 1958 and 1961 he set six European records: three in the 200 m breaststroke and three in the 4×100 m medley relay. In 1962 he won a silver medal in the medley relay at the European championships.
References※
- ^ Ушел из жизни Л.Н. Колесников. russwimming.ru, 19 November 2010
- ^ Leonid KOLESNIKOV. the-sports.org
- ^ Record history World records men (50m) Archived 2006-11-27 at the Wayback Machine. swim-city.com
- ^ "Leonid Kolesnikov". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
- ^ СИЛЬНЕЙШИЕ СОВЕТСКИЕ ПЛОВЦЫ. swimmingmasters.narod.ru