Yuriy Zorin (russian: Юрий Зорин; born September 4, 1947) is a former

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete who participated in world athletics representing the

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in the late 1960s and 1970s. He specialized in the

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...

with an eight place at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

and the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

, winning a bronze medal in Vienna at the

1970 European Indoor Championships in Athletics The 1970 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in 1970 at Wiener Stadthalle, Vienna, the capital of Austria, between 14–15 March 1970. It replaced the European Indoor Games, an indoor athletics (sport), athletics competition which had ...

. He also won a gold medal in the 4 × 200 m relay with fellow Russian athlete Aleksandr Bratchikov, among others.

External links

Profile at ''Sports-Reference.com''

References

Russian male hurdlers Soviet male hurdlers Soviet male sprinters 1947 births Living people European Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union Universiade silver medalists for the Soviet Union Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1970 Summer Universiade {{USSR-athletics-bio-stub