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Also known as Pyotr Grigoryevich Bolotnikov, Pjotr Grigorjewitsch Bolotnikow

Soviet long-distance runner (1930-2013)

Key facts

Nationality
Soviet , Russian
Born
( 1930-03-08 ) March 8, 1930, Zinovkino, Krasnoslobodsky District, USSR
Died
December 20, 2013 (2013-12-20) (aged 83), Krasnoslobodsk , Republic of Mordovia , Russia
Sport
Track
Event s
5000 meters , 10,000 meters
Personal best s
5000 meters : 13:38.2 , 10,000 meters : 28:18.1

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Pyotr
Gender
male
Citizenship
Russia
Place of birth
Mordovia
Place of death
Moscow
Languages spoken
Russian
Country for sport
Soviet Union
Mass
64
Image
Pëtr Bolotnikov Roma 1960.jpg
Height
173
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date of death
2013-12-20
date of birth
1930-03-08
end of work period
1965-00-00
start of work period
1956-00-00
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Pyotr Bolotnikov
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Encyclopedic overview

Pyotr Grigoryevich Bolotnikov (Russian: Пётр Григо́рьевич Боло́тников; 8 March 1930 – 20 December 2013) was a Soviet Track and field athlete who competed mainly in long-distance running events. He was the winner of the 10,000 metres at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Born in Zinovkino, Krasnoslobodsky District, Mordovian ASSR (now the Republic of Mordovia), Bolotnikov started athletics only at age twenty, when he joined the Soviet Army. He trained at VSS Spartak, coached by Grigory Nikiforov.

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