Viktor Konoplyov (swimmer)
 Viktor Polevoy at the 1958 European Championships | |||||||||||||
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1 June 1938 Moscow, Russia[1] | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||
| Club | Dynamo Moscow | ||||||||||||
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Viktor Konoplyov (Polevoi) (Russian: Виктор Коноплёв (Полевой); born 1 June 1938)[1][2] is a retired Russian freestyle swimmer who won a gold and a silver medal in the 4×100 m medley relay at the European championships of 1958 and 1962.[3] Between 1958 and 1962 he set four European records in the 4×100 m medley and freestyle relays. He won the national titles in the 100 m freestyle (1961–1963) and 4×100 m medley (1960).[1]
He graduated from the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism in Moscow, and after retirement worked as a national swimming coach and associated professor at various universities. He was one of the first Soviet swimmers to develop an optimal turning technique in freestyle.[4] He holds a PhD in pedagogy and was awarded the Medal "Veteran of Labour".[1][2]
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- 1 2 3 4 Е. А. Школьников (2003). Динамо. Энциклопедия. Olma Media Group. p. 208. ISBN 978-5-224-04399-6.
- 1 2 Коноплев Виктор Вячеславович. mgo-dynamo.ru
- ↑ Viktor KONOPLYOV, Viktor POLEVOI. les-sports.info
- ↑ СИЛЬНЕЙШИЕ СОВЕТСКИЕ ПЛОВЦЫ. swimmingmasters.narod.ru