Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Belov (russian: Вячеслав Александрович Белов; 25 February 1938 – 9 December 2010) was a Soviet

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competitor, who won two team medals at the world championships of 1969–70. A Colonel with the Soviet

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, he took part in the cleanup operation after the

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. He was married to the Russian Olympic fencer Elena Belova.

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1938 births 2010 deaths Soviet male modern pentathletes World Modern Pentathlon Championships medalists {{USSR-athletics-bio-stub