Vladimir Dolgov

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Vladimir Genrikhovich Dolgov (Владимир Генрихович Долгов, 11 May 1960 – 10 January 2022) was a Soviet backstroke swimmer.[1] He won the bronze medal in the men's 100m backstroke event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.[2]

Dolgov died from stomach cancer in Huntersville, North Carolina on 10 January 2022, at the age of 61.[3]

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  1. databaseOlympics
  2. Sports Reference profile
  3. Edmund, Emma (10 January 2022). "Olympic Medalist and Sailfish Aquatics Coach Vladimir Dolgov Dies at 61". Swim Swam. Retrieved 11 January 2022.