Yevgeny Lipeyev (born 28 February 1958) is a former Soviet

modern pentathlete The modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport consisting of fencing (one-touch épée), freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, pistol shooting, and cross country running. The event is inspired by the traditional pentathlon held during the anc ...

and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, where he won a gold medal in the team competition (together with

Anatoli Starostin Anatoli Starostin (born 18 January 1960) is a former Soviet modern pentathlete and Olympic champion. Olympics Starostin competed for the Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, where he won an individual gold medal, and a team gold ...

and

Pavel Lednyov Pavel Serafimovich Lednyov (russian: Павел Серафимович Леднёв; 25 March 1943, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia – 23 November 2010, Moscow, Russia) was a Russian modern pentathlete and Olympic Champion. He won a total of seven ...

), and placed 14th in the individual competition.

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