Vasily Borisov

Vasily Fyodorovich Borisov (Russian: Василий Фёдорович Борисов; born 12 December 1922) is a retired Soviet rifle shooter.

Vasily Borisov
Vasily Borisov, Hubert Hammerer and Hans Rudolf Spillmann at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1922-12-12) 12 December 1922
Mayaki, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
SportRifle shooting
ClubDynamo Moscow
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1956 Melbourne 300 m 3 positions
1956 Melbourne 50 m 3 positions
1960 Rome 300 m 3 positions
World Championships
1954 Caracas300 m 3 positions team
1954 Caracas50 m 3 positions team
1954 Caracas50 m prone ind.
1954 Caracas50 m kneeling team
1954 Caracas50 m standing team
1954 Caracas300 m standing ind.
1958 Moscow300 m 3 positions team
1958 Moscow50 m 3 positions team
1958 Moscow50 m kneeling team
1958 Moscow50 m standing team
1962 Cairo300 m standard team
1962 Cairo50 m 3 positions team
1954 Caracas300 m 3 positions ind.
1954 Caracas50 m 3 positions ind.
1954 Caracas50 m kneeling ind.
1954 Caracas50 m standing ind.
1954 Caracas300 m prone ind.
1954 Caracas50 m prone team
1954 Caracas50 m + 100 m prone team
1958 Moscow50 m prone team
1966 Wiesbaden50 m prone team

He competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics in five individual events and won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal.[1]

Between 1954 and 1966 Borisov won more than 20 medals at the world championships. At the 1954 World Championships, Borisov and his teammate Anatoli Bogdanov won 13 medals each, cleansweeping most rifle events.

References

  1. Vasily Borisov Archived 2020-04-17 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com

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