Pyotr Bolotnikov
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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
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Political party
- Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Participant in
- 1962 European Athletics Championships
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- Soviet Union
- Mass
- 64
- Image
- Pëtr Bolotnikov Roma 1960.jpg
- Height
- 173
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- place of burial
- Troyekurovskoye cemetery
- 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
- Commons category
- 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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