Yevgeny Petrov (russian: Евгений Александрович Петров; born 16 October 1938) is a former Soviet sports shooter and Olympic medalist. He won Gold medal in

skeet shooting Skeet shooting is a recreational and competitive activity where participants use shotguns to attempt to break clay targets which two fixed stations mechanically fling into the air at high speed and at a variety of angles. Skeet is one of the t ...

at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

in Mexico City, and a silver medal in 1972.

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1938 births Living people Sportspeople from Moscow Russian male sport shooters Soviet male sport shooters Skeet shooters Olympic shooters of the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Shooters at the 1968 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub