Leonid Vladimirovich Bartenyev (russian: Леонид Владимирович Бартенев) (10 October 1933 – 17 November 2021) was a

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athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. Bartenyev was born in

Poltava Poltava (, ; uk, Полтава ) is a city located on the Vorskla River in central Ukraine. It is the capital city of the Poltava Oblast (province) and of the surrounding Poltava Raion (district) of the oblast. Poltava is administratively ...

in October 1933. He trained at Burevestnik in

Kiev Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

. He competed for the

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in the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...

held in

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in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his teammates Boris Tokarev, Yuriy Konovalov, and

Vladimir Sukharev Vladimir Sukharev (russian: Владимир Сухарев) (July 10, 1924 – April 30, 1997) was a Soviet athlete, born in Georgievka, who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He trained at Dynamo in Moscow. He competed for the USSR in th ...

. He teamed up with Yuriy Konovalov again four years later in the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

held in

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in the 4 x 100 metre relay where they won their second silver medals with new teammates

Gusman Kosanov Gusman Sittykovich Kosanov ( kk, Ғұсман Сыйттықұлы Қосанов, russian: Гусман Ситтыкович Косанов; 25 May 1935 – 19 July 1990) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Kazakhs, Kazakh sprinter. He competed for t ...

and

Edvin Ozolin Edvin Sigizmundovich Ozolin (russian: Эдвин Сигизмундович Озолин, born 12 February 1939) is a retired Soviet runner and athletics coach. He competed in various sprint events at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a silver m ...

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* 1933 births 2021 deaths Ukrainian male sprinters Soviet male sprinters Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Burevestnik (sports society) sportspeople European Athletics Championships medalists Sportspeople from Poltava Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1961 Summer Universiade Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia {{Ukraine-athletics-bio-stub