Aleksandr Zhirov
Alpine skiing, Athlete
1958 – 1983
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Who was Aleksandr Zhirov?
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Zhirov was a Soviet alpine skier.
He competed at the 1980 Winter Olympics in the slalom and giant slalom and finished ninth in the latter event.
He won four Alpine Skiing World Cup races in March 1981 and finished second in the 1981 giant slalom world cup. Two years later he died in a car accident.
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- Born
- Sep 12, 1958
Moscow Oblast - Also known as
- Жиров, Александр Васильевич
- Lived in
- Moscow Oblast
- Died
- May 21, 1983
Yakhroma
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on July 23, 2013
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