Yevgeny Petrov (russian: Евгений Александрович Петров; born 16 October 1938) is a former Soviet

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and Olympic medalist. He won Gold medal in skeet shooting at the

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, and a silver medal in 1972.

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1938 births Living people Sportspeople from Moscow Russian male sport shooters Soviet male sport shooters Skeet shooters Olympic shooters of the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Shooters at the 1968 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub