Oleg Filippovich Strizhakov (russian: Олег Филиппович Стрижаков; born 18 July 1963 in

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) is a retired

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n long-distance runner. He won the silver medal in

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at the 1994

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and finished thirteenth in the

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at the 1995 World Championships.

International competitions

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