Nikolay Sokolov (runner)
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1960 Rome | 3000 metre steeplechase |
Nikolay Nikolayevich Sokolov (Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Соколов) (28 August 1930 – 2009) was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 3000 metre steeplechase. Born in the village of Vasyunino, Vologodsky District, Vologda Oblast, he trained at Lokomotiv in Vologda. He competed for the USSR in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy in the 3000 metre steeplechase where he won the silver medal.
External links[]
- Biography and photo (in Russian)
- Biography of Nikolay Nikolayevich Sokolov (in Russian)
Categories:
- 1930 births
- 2009 deaths
- Soviet male long-distance runners
- Soviet male steeplechase runners
- Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Soviet athletics Olympic medalist stubs