Lev Alekseyevich Kalyayev (russian: Леван Алексеевич Каляев; May 16, 1929 – August 19, 1983) was a

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athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. Kalyayev competed for the

USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nati ...

in the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

held in

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in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his team mates Boris Tokarev,

Levan Sanadze Levan Sanadze ( ka, ლევან სანაძე, russian: Леван Санадзе) (August 16, 1928 – August 24, 1998) was a Georgian athlete, born in Tiflis, who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He competed for the USSR in ...

and

Vladimir Sukharev Vladimir Sukharev (russian: Владимир Сухарев) (July 10, 1924 – April 30, 1997) was a Soviet athlete, born in Georgievka, who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He trained at Dynamo in Moscow. He competed for the USSR in th ...

. Kalyayev was born in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

on May 16, 1929. He died there on August 19, 1983 at the age of 54.

References

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Levan Kalyayev's grave

External links

* 1929 births 1983 deaths Soviet male sprinters Russian male sprinters Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) {{USSR-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub