Viktor Saneyev

Viktor Danilovich Saneyev ( _ru. Виктор Данилович Санеев) (born October 3, 1945, Sukhumi, Georgian SSR) is a retired Russian triple jumper, who competed internationally for the USSR and won four Olympic medals; three golds (1968, 1972 and 1976) and one silver (1980). He dominated the event during the late 1960s and 1970s. Saneyev trained in Sukhumi and later in Tbilisi at Dynamo.cite book|title=All about Olympic Games.|author=Boris Khavin|publisher=Fizkultura i sport|edition = 2nd ed.|pages=p. 577|year=1979|location=Moscow|language=Russian]

Saneyev began athletics in 1956, training in the Gantiadi boarding school, his first coach was Akop Kerselyan. Six years later Kerselyan advised him to specialize in the triple jump. In 1963 Saneyev finished third in his first All-Union competition - Schoolchildrens' Spartakiadcite book|title=Viktor Saneyev|author=E. B. Chen|publisher=Fizkultura i sport|series=Heroes of the Olympic Games|year=1978|location=Moscow|language=Russian|url=http://www.sportlib.ru/books/la/saneev/] The major success came in 1968, when he won at the USSR Championships and at the 1968 Summer Olympics, where on October 17 he set the World Record twice: to 17.23 m and to 17.39 m. [http://www.olympic.org/common/asp/download_report.asp?file=en_report_95.pdf&id=95 World Record Progression - Triple Jump] . IOC] On the same date four years later Saneyev set the World Record ones again, now in Sukhumi, to 17.44 m.. He won gold medals at the 1972 Summer Olympics and at the 1976 Summer Olympics and a silver at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

He also won at the 1969 European Championships, 1974 European Championships, at the 1970, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976 and 1977 European Indoor Championships in Athletics. Saneyev was the USSR Champion in 1968-71, 1973-75 and 1978.

He was awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1969), Order of Lenin (1972) and Order of Friendship of Peoples (1976).

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* [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=758 Viktor Saneyev on www.sporting-heroes.net]
* [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9002711 Viktor Saneyev in the Encyclopedia Britannica]