Vasily Borisov

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
Died21 August 2003(2003-08-21) (aged 80)
Moscow, Russia
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 Caracas 300 m 3 positions team
1954 Caracas 50 m 3 positions team
1954 Caracas 50 m prone ind.
1954 Caracas 50 m kneeling team
1954 Caracas 50 m standing team
1954 Caracas 300 m standing ind.
1958 Moscow 300 m 3 positions team
1958 Moscow 50 m 3 positions team
1958 Moscow 50 m kneeling team
1958 Moscow 50 m standing team
1962 Cairo 300 m standard team
1962 Cairo 50 m 3 positions team
1954 Caracas 300 m 3 positions ind.
1954 Caracas 50 m 3 positions ind.
1954 Caracas 50 m kneeling ind.
1954 Caracas 50 m standing ind.
1954 Caracas 300 m prone ind.
1954 Caracas 50 m prone team
1954 Caracas 50 m + 100 m prone team
1958 Moscow 50 m prone team
1966 Wiesbaden 50 m prone team

Vasily Fyodorovich Borisov (Russian: Василий Фёдорович Борисов; 12 December 1922 – 21 August 2003) was a Soviet rifle shooter.

He competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games in five individual events and won three medals: one gold, one silver and one bronze.[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.

He died in Moscow on 21 August 2003, at the age of 80.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Vasily Borisov Archived 2020-04-17 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  2. ↑ "Vasily Borisov". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 March 2023.

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