Leonid Karpovich Meshkov (; 14 January 1916 – 4 March 1986) was a Soviet

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

and

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

player. He competed in the men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

References

1916 births 1986 deaths Sportspeople from Volgograd Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism, Department of Chess alumni Olympic swimmers for the Soviet Union Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1952 Summer Olympics Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the Order of the Red Star Soviet male freestyle swimmers {{Russia-swimming-bio-stub Soviet male water polo players