Anatoli Starostin (born 18 January 1960) is a former

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

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and Olympic champion.

Olympics

Starostin competed for the

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at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

, where he won an individual gold medal, and a team gold medal with the Soviet team."1980 Summer Olympics – Moscow, Soviet Union – Modern Pentathlon"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on June 13, 2008) He won a team silver medal with the Unified team at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

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References

1960 births Living people Russian male modern pentathletes Soviet male modern pentathletes Olympic modern pentathletes for the Soviet Union Olympic modern pentathletes for the Unified Team Modern pentathletes at the 1980 Summer Olympics Modern pentathletes at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Unified Team Olympic medalists in modern pentathlon Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Dushanbe Friendship Games medalists Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub