Yevgeny Borisovich Grishin (russian: Евгений Борисович Гришин, born 1 October 1959) is a retired Russian water polo defender. He was part of the Soviet teams that won gold medals at the 1980 Olympics, 1982 World Championships, and 1983 and 1985 European championships, and placed third at the 1986 World Championships and 1988 Olympics. Grishin was coached by his father Boris, who is also a retired Olympic water polo defender. His mother Valentina and sister Yelena are Olympic fencers. His nephew, Sergey Bida, is a top-ranked épée fencer who made his Olympic debut in Tokyo, winning a

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. He was ranked #1 in the world in 2020. He is also a three-time European épée team champion.Владимир Линдер, Павел Андрианов, Ирина Прасканова, Сергей Шилов (2021)
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' (in Russian). He moved to the United States in 2023 after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, along with his wife, Olympic épée fencer Violetta Khrapina Bida.

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* 1959 births Living people Russian male water polo players Olympic water polo players for the Soviet Union Water polo players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in water polo Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Moscow Soviet male water polo players Friendship Games medalists in water polo {{USSR-waterpolo-bio-stub

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