Alexander Alexandrovich Anufrijew

Alexander Alexandrovich Anufrijew ( Russian Александр Александрович Ануфриев ; born June 1, 1926 in Dijur , ASSR of the Komi ; † September 26, 1966 in Naryan-Mar , Autonomous Okrug of the Nenets ) was a track and field athlete who started in the early 1950s for the Soviet Union was successful as a long-distance runner . He won an Olympic bronze medal.

Anufrijew lived in Narjan-Mar from 1936 and started for DSG Trud and Torpedo Gorki . He became champion of the Russian SSR in 1948 . He took part in the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki , where he started over both long distances. Over 5000 m he won his preliminary run (14: 23.6 min.) And left such well-known runners as Emil Zátopek and Chris Chataway behind. In the final when Emil Zátopek won, he had no chance in 14: 31.4 minutes and finished tenth. For the bronze medal, which went to the German Herbert Schade , he should have run 23 seconds faster. In the 10,000 meter run, the field of 33 athletes was sent to the finals without qualifying runs. As in the 5000 m, the Czech Emil Zátopek won through in 29: 17.0 minutes. Frenchman Alain Mimoun followed in second place in 29: 32.8 minutes . The gap to Alexander Anufrijew was similarly large, who won bronze in 29: 48.2 minutes with a three-second lead over fourth place. With eighth place in 30: 19.4 minutes at the European Championships in 1954 over the 10,000 m, he achieved another noteworthy placement.

Anufrijew was killed in a traffic accident on the Pechora River . At competition times Anufrijew was 1.67 m tall and 63 kg heavy. He was named an Honored Master of Sport . In his honor there is a foundation and a museum in the Nenets district.

Web links

• Alexander Alexandrowitsch Anufrijew in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Сергей Комаров (Sergei Komarow): Ануфриев Александр Александрович ( Russian ) Retrieved January 24, 2011.