Vladimir Yuryevich Osokin (russian: Владимир Юрьевич Осокин; born 8 January 1954) is a retired Soviet cyclist. He won a silver and a gold medal in the 4000 m team pursuit at the 1976 and
1980 Summer Olympics, respectively; individually, he finished in fourth and fifth place.
[ Between 1975 and 1981 he won five silver medals in the individual and team pursuit at the world championships.
As a road racer, he finished second in the multistage ]Peace Race
The Peace Race (german: Friedensfahrt, cs, Závod míru, sk, Preteky mieru, russian: Велогонка Мира (), pl, Wyścig Pokoju , french: Course de la Paix, it, Corsa della Pace, ro, Cursa Păcii) was an annual multiple stage bicycl ...
individually and first in the team competition in 1977.[
Osokin has a degree in engineering from the Kirov Leningrad Institute of Textile and Light Industry (now St. Petersburg State University of Technology and Design).][
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1954 births
Living people
Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for the Soviet Union
Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
Soviet male cyclists
Olympic medalists in cycling
Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Russian track cyclists
Cyclists from Saint Petersburg