Wiktor Bryshin

Viktor Arkadijowytsch Bryshin ( Ukrainian Віктор Аркадійович Бризгін ., English transcription Viktor Arkadyevich Bryzhin, Russian Виктор Аркадьевич Брызгин - Viktor Arkadievich Brysgin - Viktor Bryzgin * 22. August 1962 in Luhansk ) is a Ukrainian sprinter who for the Soviet Union starting in 1988 Olympic champion in the 4 x 100 meter relay .

He became Soviet champion five times:

• 100 m 1986 (10.28 s)
• 60 m (Halle) 1983 (6.69 s), 1986 (6.66 s), 1987 (6.60 s) and 1991 (6.64 s)

At the World Athletics Championships in Rome in 1987 , he reached the finals over 100 meters and was fifth in 10.25 s. For a medal, he would have had to be twelve hundredths of a second faster ( Carl Lewis won in the world record time of 9.93 s).

He had medal successes as a member of the Soviet 4 x 100 meter relay:

• Gold at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart in 38.29 s ahead of the GDR (silver in 38.64 s) and the United Kingdom (bronze in 38.71 s) (team: Alexander Evgenev , Nikolai Yuschmanow , Vladimir Muravyov and Bryshin as the final runner )
• Gold at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul in 38.19 s ahead of the United Kingdom (silver in 38.28 s) and France (bronze in 38.40 s) (team: Bryshin as the starting runner, Vladimir Krylow , Vladimir Muravyov and Vitali Savin )
• Silver at the World Championships in Rome in 38.02 s behind the USA (gold in 37.90 s) and ahead of Jamaica (bronze in 38.41 s) (team: Alexander Evgenyev , Bryshin as second runner, Vladimir Muravyov and Vladimir Krylow )

His wife Olha Wladykina-Bryshina is the 400-meter Olympic champion from 1988. Their daughters Jelysaweta Bryshina and Anastasija Bryshina are also successful as sprinters.

Personal bests

• 50 m (hall): 5.78 s, January 25, 1985, East Berlin
• 60 m (hall): 6.60 s, February 6, 1987, Pensa
• 100 m: 10.11 s, June 21, 1986, Tallinn (with doubtful wind measurement: 10.03 s, June 7, 1986, Leningrad )

Web links

• Viktor Bryzgin in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Viktor Bryzhin in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )