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| Nationality | Russian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 January 1948 Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Water polo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nikolai Andreyevich Melnikov (born 24 January 1948) is a former water polo player for the Soviet Union. [1] He is Jewish, and was born in Moscow, Russia. [1] [2] He won a gold medal at the 1972 Olympics in Munich. [1]
Dubravko Šimenc is a former Croatian water polo player who competed for both Yugoslavia and Croatia, and later water polo coach.
Georgi Mshvenieradze was a Soviet water polo player. His father, Petre, was the captain of the USSR team throughout the 1950s and appeared at three Olympic Games. Georgy and his brother Nugzari followed their father into the sport.
Boris Nikitich Popov is a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics.
Gojko Pijetlović is a Serbian water polo player who plays as goalkeeper for VK Novi Beograd and the Serbia men's national water polo team.
Yevgeny Sharonov is a Russian former water polo player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics, in the 1988 Summer Olympics, and in the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Sergey Vladimirovich Kotenko is a Kazakhstani former water polo player who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics, in the 1980 Summer Olympics, and in the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Nikolai Smirnov is a Ukrainian former water polo player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Yevgeny Borisovich Grishin is a retired Russian water polo defender. He was part of the Soviet teams that won gold medals at the 1980 Olympics, 1982 World Championships, and 1983 and 1985 European championships, and placed third at the 1986 World Championships and 1988 Olympics. Grishin was coached by his father Boris, who is also a retired Olympic water polo defender. His mother Valentina and sister Yelena are Olympic fencers.
Mikhail Ivanov is a Russian former water polo player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Aleksei Barkalov was a Ukrainian water polo player who competed in the 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics and won two gold and one silver medals for the Soviet Union team. During his career, he played 412 games for the national team, more than any other athlete in the water polo history. In 1993, he was inducted to the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
Aleksandr Ivanovich Dolgushin was a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Aleksandr Ivanovich Dolgushin was a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Anatoly Ivanovich Akimov was a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Aleksandr Konstantinovich Dreval is a Russian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics.
Vladimir Vladimirovich Zhmudsky is a Ukrainian water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1972.
Vladimir Ivanovich Akimov was a Soviet water polo player who won a gold medal in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
Erkin Maksudovich Shagayev (Russian: Эркин Максудович Шагаев, born 12 February 1959) was an Uzbekistani water polo player who was the part of the Soviet water polo team which won the gold medal in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He was born in Tashkent and played for the Mekhnat club there.
Mait Riisman was an Estonian water polo player who played for the Soviet Union national water polo team, winning the gold medal in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.
Anatoly Klebanov was a Soviet water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Aleksandr Zakharov is a Soviet water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
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