Viktor Potapov
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| Birth name | Виктор Яковлевич Потапов | ||||||||||
| Full name | Viktor Yakovlevich Potapov | ||||||||||
| Born | 29 March 1947 Dolgoprudny, Moscow Oblast, RSFSR, USSR | ||||||||||
| Died | 10 December 2017 (aged 70) Dolgoprudny, Moscow Oblast, Russia | ||||||||||
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| Class(es) | Finn class | ||||||||||
Competition record
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Viktor Yakovlevich Potapov (Russian: Виктор Яковлевич Потапов; 29 March 1947 – 10 December 2017) was a Soviet and Russian sailor.[1] He won a bronze medal in the Finn class at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
He died in Dolgoprudny as a result of an automobile accident on 10 December 2017.[2][3]
Memorial plaque to Viktor Potapov in Dolgoprudny
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External links[]
- Profile at sports-reference.com
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