Aleksandr Tarasov

Olympic athlete

1927 – 1984

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Who was Aleksandr Tarasov?

Aleksandr Tarasov was a Soviet modern pentathlete and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, where he won a gold medal in the team competition together with Ivan Deryugin and Igor Novikov, and placed eighth in the individual competition.

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Born
Mar 23, 1927
Moscow
Lived in
  • Moscow
Died
1984

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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