Valentin Mikhaylovich Kornev (russian: Валентин Михайлович Корнев, 29 August 1942 – 18 November 2016) was a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...

sport shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such as ...

who won the silver medal in the 300 m free rifle event at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

in Mexico City.

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1942 births 2016 deaths Soviet male sport shooters Olympic shooters for the Soviet Union Shooters at the 1968 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Yaroslavl {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub