Yevgeny Yevgenyevich Cherkassov
| Yevgeny Cherkassov medal table |
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 Soviet Union
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| Olympic games | ||
| silver | Melbourne 1956 | Rapid fire pistol 25 m |
| World championships | ||
| gold | Caracas 1954 | Rapid fire pistol 25 m (M) |
| gold | Moscow 1958 | Rapid fire pistol 25 m (M) |
Yevgeny Evgenyevich Cherkassov ( Russian Евгений Евгеньевич Черкасов ; born October 12, 1930 in Moscow , Russian SFSR ; † November 20, 2013 ibid) was a Soviet sports shooter .
successes
Yevgeny Cherkassov took part in the Olympic Games in Melbourne in 1956 and in Rome in 1960 with the rapid-fire pistol. In 1956 he achieved the second best result with 585 points, winning the silver medal behind Ștefan Petrescu and ahead of Gheorghe Lichiardopol . Four years later, he did not get past twelfth place with 579 points. Both in 1954 in Caracas and in 1958 in Moscow , Cherkassov was world champion with the team . In 1955 he secured the European title in singles in Bucharest . He was also successful at the national level by winning the Soviet state championships in 1956 and 1958.
After his active career, Cherkassov worked as a team doctor for the Soviet and Russian national rifle teams for over 30 years.
Web links
- Yevgeny Cherkassov in the database of the International Shooting Sport Federation (English)
- Yevgeny Cherkassov in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Скончался серебряный призер ОИ-1956 по стрельбе Евгений Черкасов. In: ria.ru. November 21, 2013, accessed October 26, 2019 (Russian).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Cherkassov, Evgeny Evgenyevich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cherkasov, Yevgeny (English transcription); Черкасов, Евгений Евгеньевич (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Soviet marksman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 12, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow , Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , Soviet Union |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th November 2013 |
| Place of death | Moscow , Russia |