Yevgeny Petrov (russian: Евгений Александрович Петров; born 16 October 1938) is a former Soviet
sports shooter
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and Olympic medalist. He won Gold medal in
skeet shooting at the
1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...
in
Mexico City
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, and a silver medal in 1972.
References
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
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