Viktor Petrovich Vlasov (russian: Виктор Петрович Власов; September 1, 1925 – November 2002)
was a Russian

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player who competed for the

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in 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 ...

. He was born in

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and served in the Soviet military in World War II. He was a member of the Soviet team, which won the silver medal.databaseOlympics Profile
He trained at Dynamo in

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