Viktor Vasilievich Nikiforov (December 4, 1931 – March 4, 1989) 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 ...
ice hockey player. He won a
gold medal at the
1956 Winter Olympics. He was born in
Moscow
Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...
,
Soviet Union
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.
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Biography of Viktor Nikiforov
1931 births
1989 deaths
Ice hockey players at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Ice hockey people from Moscow
Medalists at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Olympic ice hockey players for the Soviet Union
Olympic medalists in ice hockey
Soviet ice hockey forwards
Russian ice hockey forwards
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