Igor Luzhkovsky
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Born | 18 March 1938 Saint Petersburg, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||
Died | 14 September 2000 (aged 62) | |||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||
Club | Burevestnik Leningrad | |||||||||||||||||||
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Igor Georgiyevich Luzhkovsky (Russian: Игорь Георгиевич Лужковский; 18 March 1938 – 14 September 2000)[1] was a Russian swimmer who won a gold medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships. He also competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics and finished fifth in the 4 × 100 m medley and eights in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay.[2] In 1959 he won two gold medals at the Summer Universiade and a national title in the 100 m freestyle, setting a new national record. Between 1958 and 1960 he also set three European records.[3][4]
He graduated from the Lesgaft University of Physical Education in Saint Petersburg[5] and married Marina Shamal, who also competed in swimming at the 1960 Olympics.[2] He was a lieutenant colonel in the Soviet Army.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Лужковский. Санкт-Петербургские Ведомости No 171(2321), 14 September 2000
- ^ a b Igor Luzhkovsky Archived 2012-11-13 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ Лужковский Игорь. ussr-swimming.ru
- ^ СИЛЬНЕЙШИЕ СОВЕТСКИЕ ПЛОВЦЫ. swimmingmasters.narod.ru
- ^ Реестр выпускников Университета имени П. Ф. Лесгафта. graduates.lesgaft.spb.ru
- 1938 births
- 2000 deaths
- Russian male freestyle swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of the Soviet Union
- Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 1959 Summer Universiade
- Universiade medalists in swimming
- Universiade gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Soviet male swimmers
- Russian swimming biography stubs