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Anatoli Starostin (born 18 January 1960) is a former Soviet modern pentathlete and Olympic champion.
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Anatoli Starostin (born 18 January 1960) is a former Soviet modern pentathlete and Olympic champion.
Starostin competed for the Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, where he won an individual gold medal, and a team gold medal with the Soviet team. [1] He won a team silver medal with the Unified team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. [2]
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