Ivan Konstantinovich Deriuhin ( uk, Іван Костянтинович Дерюгін, russian: Ива́н Константи́нович Дерю́гин; 25 November 1928 – 10 January 1996) was a Soviet

modern pentathlete The modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport consisting of fencing (one-touch épée), freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, pistol shooting, and cross country running. The event is inspired by the traditional pentathlon held during the anci ...

and Olympic Champion. He competed at the

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in Melbourne, where he won a gold medal in the team competition (together with Aleksandr Tarasov and

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, and placed ninth in the individual competition. Together with Albina Deriugina, he raised the award-winning Soviet gymnast

Irina Deriugina Irina Ivanivna Deriugina ( uk, Іри́на Іва́нівна Дерю́ґіна; born 11 January 1958) is a former Soviet individual rhythmic gymnast from Ukraine and Ukrainian coach in rhythmic gymnastics. She is the only Soviet rhythmic gymn ...

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