Aleksandr Vasilyevich Zhirov (; 12 September 1958 – 18 May 1983) was a

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alpine skier. He competed at the

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in the

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and

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and finished ninth in the latter event. He won four Alpine Skiing World Cup races in March 1981 and finished second in the 1981 giant slalom world cup. Two years later he died in a car accident.

World Cup victories

References

1958 births 1983 deaths Soviet male alpine skiers Road incident deaths in the Soviet Union Olympic alpine skiers for the Soviet Union Alpine skiers at the 1980 Winter Olympics Road incident deaths in Russia Sportspeople from Moscow Oblast {{USSR-alpine-skiing-bio-stub