- Nikolay Vikhor
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Nikolay Vikhor (Russian: Николай Вихор; born March 10, 1954 in Moscow) is a retired male discus thrower. He represented the Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he ended up in 21st place in the overall-rankings. Vikhor is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's discus event at the 1977 Summer Universiade in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Summer Universiade Champions in Men's Discus Throw 1959: Antonios Kounadis (GRE) • 1961: Edmund Piątkowski (POL) • 1963: Gaetano dalla Pria (ITA) • 1965: Lars Haglund (SWE) • 1967: Gary Carlsen (USA) • 1970: János Murányi (HUN) • 1973: Viktor Zhurba (URS) • 1975: Markku Tuokko (FIN) • 1977: Nikolay Vikhor (URS) • 1979: Wolfgang Schmidt (GDR) • 1981: Armin Lemme (GDR) • 1983 – 1985: Luis Delís (CUB) • 1987: Randy Heisler (USA) • 1989: Kamy Keshmiri (USA) • 1991: Adewale Olukoju (NGR) • 1993: Alexis Elizalde (CUB) • 1995: Vitaliy Sidorov (UKR) • 1997: Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR) • 1999: Frantz Kruger (RSA) • 2001: Aleksander Tammert (EST) • 2003: Wu Tao (CHN) • 2005: Gerd Kanter (EST) • 2007: Gerhard Mayer (AUT) • 2009: Mohammad Samimi (IRI) • 2011: Märt Israel (EST)
Categories:- 1954 births
- Living people
- Soviet athletes
- Discus throwers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union
- Sportspeople from Moscow
- Soviet athletics biography stubs
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