Escape Attempt is a 1962 science fiction novel by Soviet writers Boris and Arkady Strugatsky, set in the Noon Universe. The English translation was published in a single volume with the other Noon universe stories Space Mowgli and The Kid from Hell.
Boris Anfiyanovich Shakhlin was a Soviet gymnast who was the 1960 Olympic all-around champion and the 1958 all-around World Champion. He won a total of 13 medals including seven gold medals at the Summer Olympics, and was the most successful athlete at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He held the record for most Olympic medals by a male athlete record until gymnast Nikolai Andrianov won his 14th and 15th medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He also won 14 medals at the World Championships.
The modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics was represented by two events : Individual competition and Team competition. As usual in Olympic modern pentathlon, one competition was held and each competitor's score was included to the Individual competition event results table and was also added to his teammates' scores to be included to the Team competition event results table. This competition consisted of 5 disciplines:
Leonardo Lavalle Moreno is a former tennis player from Mexico, who turned professional in 1985. He represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Spain's eventual runner up Jordi Arrese. The left-hander won one career title in singles. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 17 March 1986, when he became World No. 51.
Boris Obergföll is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. He won a bronze medal in the World Championships twice. His personal best throw was 90.44 metres, set in July 1997. This ranks him fifth among German javelin throwers, behind Johannes Vetter, Thomas Röhler, Raymond Hecht and Andreas Hofmann.
Repnin, the name of an old Russian princely family of Rurikid stock. The family traces its name to Prince Ivan Mikhailovich Obolensky (+1523), nicknamed Repnya, i.e., "bad porridge". Like other Princes Obolensky, he descended from Mikhail Vsevolodovich, prince of Chernigov, who, in 1246, was assassinated by the Mongols.
Vladimir Ivanovich Morozov is a retired sprint canoeist from USSR. Morozov trained at Armed Forces sports society in Krasnovodsk and later in Kiev.
Athletes from the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 87 competitors, 77 men and 10 women, took part in 48 events in 11 sports.
Vladimir Sukharev was a Soviet athlete, born in Georgievka, who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He trained at Dynamo in Moscow.
Boris Borisovich Kokorev was a Russian competitive pistol shooter who won a gold medal in the Men's 50 Metre event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
Boris Georgievich Kuznetsov, 23 February 1947 – 3 May 2006) was a Russian featherweight boxer. He won a gold medal at the 1972 Olympics and a silver medal at the 1974 World Championships. Domestically he won the Soviet featherweight title in 1972 and 1974 and placed second in 1970 and 1971. During his career he won 237 fights out of 249. He became the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1972 and was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor in the same year. He graduated from Astrakhan State Pedagogical Institute in 1971 and later opened a boxing school in Astrakhan.
Boris Zloković is a retired Montenegrin water polo player. He was a member of the Montenegro national team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The team reached the semifinals, where they were defeated by Hungary and finished fourth at the end. He was also part of the team at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where Montenegro again finished 4th.
Boris Maksovich Gurevich was a flyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from the Soviet Union. He won gold medals at the 1952 Olympics, the 1953 world championships, and the 1958 world championships.
Boris Yakovlevich Dubrovsky is a retired Russian rower who had his best achievements in the double sculls, partnering with Oleg Tyurin. In this event, they won an Olympic gold in 1964 and four medals at European and world championships in 1962–1965.
Boris Melnikov is a Soviet fencer. He won a gold medal in the team sabre event at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Boris Koretsky is a Soviet fencer. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Boris Mikhaylovich Gurevich is a former Soviet wrestler.
Boris Vasilievich Nikitin was a Soviet freestyle swimmer. He had his best achievements in the 4 × 200 m relay, in which he set a world record in 1956, and won a bronze medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships; his team finished eighths at the 1960 Olympics. Individually, he won a European silver medal in the 400 m freestyle in 1958, but did not reach the final in that event at the 1956 Olympics.
Boris Khabalovich Shukhov is a retired Soviet cyclist. He was part of the Soviet team that finished in ninth place at the 1968 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in the 100 km team time trial at the 1972 Summer Olympics. At the world championships, he won a gold medal in 1970 and a silver in 1973 in the same event. Individually, he won the Tour de Bretagne Cycliste in 1973.
Boris Apostolov was a Bulgarian footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
