Sergei Alekseyevich Kalinin (russian: Сергей Алексеевич Калинин, 23 December 1926 – 17 October 1997) was a Soviet sports shooter. He competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics in the individual trap event and finished in 3rd and 22nd place, respectively.

Biography

Kalinin was born to a hunter and started shooting aged seven. Between 1943 and 1945 he fought in World War II, and after that started training in sports shooting. He won two world titles with the Soviet team, in 1958 and 1962.

Awards

* Medal "For Labour Valour" (1960)журнал «Охота и охотничье хозяйство», № 12, декабрь 1960. стр.59

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* 1926 births 1997 deaths Russian male sport shooters Trap and double trap shooters Shooters at the 1960 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic shooters for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Yaroslavl {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub