Marat Nyýazow
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Full name | Marat Ataýeviç Nyýazow | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Ashgabat, Turkmen SSR | 28 September 1933||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 8 April 2009 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | (aged 75)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Shooting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marat Ataýewiç Nyýazow (Russian: Марат Атаевич Ниязов; 28 September 1933 – 8 April 2009) was a shooter from Turkmenistan. He won a silver medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in the 50 metre rifle three positions event and finished in ninth place in the 50 metre rifle prone.[1]
Between 1958 and 1966 he won six gold, 10 silver and three bronze medals at the world championships. He set a world record in 1958 and won a European title in rifle in 1959. Nationally, he won nine titles, in 1957, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1966 and 1968. After retirement he worked as a coach in his native Ashgabat. For his achievements he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.[2]
References[]
- ^ Marat Niyazov. sports-reference.com
- ^ НИЯЗОВ Марат Атаевич (СССР). sportbiography.ru
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- 1933 births
- 2009 deaths
- Soviet male sport shooters
- Turkmenistan male sport shooters
- Olympic shooters of the Soviet Union
- Shooters at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic medalists in shooting
- Sportspeople from Ashgabat
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
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