Leonid Ivanov ( uk, Лео́нід Іва́нов; born 25 August 1937) is a former
long-distance runner who competed in the
10,000 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics for the Soviet Union. He was born in
Zaporizhia
Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Запоріжжя) or Zaporozhye (russian: Запорожье) is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper River. It is the administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zaporizhzhia has a populatio ...
in the
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
.
References
1937 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Zaporizhzhia
Soviet male long-distance runners
Kyrgyzstani male long-distance runners
Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union
Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Kyrgyzstani people of Ukrainian descent
Medalists at the 1963 Summer Universiade
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