Vladimir Georgievich Sukharev

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Vladimir Georgievich Sukharev medal table

sprinter

Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union
Olympic games
silver 1956 Melbourne 4 × 100 m
silver 1952 Helsinki 4 × 100 m
European championships
gold 1950 Brussels 4 × 100 m

Vladimir Georgievich Sukharev ( Russian Владимир Георгиевич Сухарев ; born  July 10, 1924 in Georgievka , † April 30, 1997 ) was a Soviet athlete . The 1.79 m tall and 76 kg heavy sprinter was particularly successful internationally as a relay runner.

At the European Championships in Brussels in 1950 Sucharew was used as the starting runner in the Soviet 4-by-100-meter relay and together with Levan Kaljajew , Levan Sanadze and Nikolai Karakulow won the title ahead of the teams from France and Sweden.

In addition, Sukharev won two relay Olympic silver medals. 1952 in Helsinki together with Boris Tokarew , Kaljajew and Sanadze and in 1956 in Melbourne with Leonid Bartenew , Tokarew and Yuri Konovalov . In both cases Sukharew ran in the bottom position.

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SURNAME Sukharev, Vladimir Georgievich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Сухарев, Владимир Георгиевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION soviet athlete
DATE OF BIRTH July 10, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Georgievka , Soviet Union
DATE OF DEATH April 30, 1997