Vladimir Ivanovich Kosinsky (russian: Владимир Иванович Косинский; 26 February 1945 – 14 July 2011)Swimming Worl
"Passages: Russia's Vladimir Kosinsky, 66"
''Swimming World Magazine'', July 20, 2011, accessed July 20, 2011. 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 ...

swimmer. Over his career he won two silver and one bronze Olympic medals for the Soviet Union. He was born in

Kotlas Kotlas (russian: Ко́тлас) is a town in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Northern Dvina and Vychegda Rivers. Population: Kotlas is the third largest town of Arkhangelsk Oblast in terms of population (after A ...

, Arkhangelsk Oblast,

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Russian male swimmers Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics 1945 births 2011 deaths World record setters in swimming Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics People from Kotlas Olympic silver medalists in swimming Olympic swimmers for the Soviet Union Soviet male swimmers Sportspeople from Arkhangelsk Oblast {{Russia-swimming-bio-stub

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