Aleksandr Viktorovich Lukyanov (russian: Александр Викторович Лукьянов, born 19 August 1949) is a

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who competed for the

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in the

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, in the 1980 Summer Olympics, and in the

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and for

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in the

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and in the

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. He was born in

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. In 1976 he was the coxswain of the Soviet boat which won the gold medal in the coxed four event. Four years later he won the silver medal as cox of the Soviet boat in the coxed pair competition. At the 1988 Games he won his second silver medal when he coxed the Soviet eight. In Atlanta at the 1996 Olympics he represented Russia and won the bronze medal as part of the Russian boat in the eight contest. His final Olympic appearance was at the Sydney Games where he finished ninth with the Russian boat in the 2000 eight event.

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* 1949 births Living people Russian male rowers Soviet male rowers Coxswains (rowing) Olympic rowers for the Soviet Union Olympic rowers for Russia Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Olympic medalists in rowing World Rowing Championships medalists for Russia World Rowing Championships medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics European Rowing Championships medalists {{Russia-rowing-bio-stub