Vitaly Ivanovich Sorokin (russian: Виталий Иванович Сорокин; 8 December 1935 – 1995) was a Russian swimmer, who competed at the

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. He won a bronze medal in 1956 and finished eighth in 1960 in the freestyle relay. In 1956 he set a world record in the freestyle relay. Between 1956 and 1959 he also set 6 European and 18 national records in freestyle relay events.СИЛЬНЕЙШИЕ СОВЕТСКИЕ ПЛОВЦЫ
swimmingmasters.narod.ru After retiring from competitions he worked as a swimming coach. Galina Prozumenshchikova was among his students.

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1935 births 1995 deaths Russian male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of the Soviet Union Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists in swimming World record setters in swimming Soviet male freestyle swimmers Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics {{Russia-swimming-bio-stub