Viktor Arkadyevich Bryzhin ( uk, Віктор Аркадійович Бризгін, russian: Виктор Аркадьевич Брызгин, ''Viktor Bryzgin;'' born 22 August 1962 in

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(2006),

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, winner of gold medal in 4 × 100 m

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at the

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Career

Viktor Bryzhin trained at

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. He made his debut in the international championships at the first World Championships, where he reached to the quarterfinal of 100 m and won a bronze as a member of Soviet 4 × 100 m relay team. At the 1986 European Championships, Bryzhin was last in the final of 100 m, but won the gold in 4 × 100 m. At the 1987 World Championships, Bryzhin finished fifth in 100 m and was second in 4 × 100 m relay. At the

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, Bryzhin ran the opening leg in the Soviet 4 × 100 m relay team, which, in absence of

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won the gold medal. In 1988 he was awarded the title

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. Bryzhin made his last appearance in the international athletics scene at the 1991 World Championships, where he finished seventh with the Soviet 4 × 100 m relay team. His wife

Olha Bryzhina Olha Bryzhina ( uk, Ольга Бризгіна, maiden name Olga Arkad'evna Vladykina; russian: Ольга Аркадьевна Владыкина; born June 30, 1963 in Krasnokamsk, Perm Oblast) is a retired athlete who represented Soviet Union ...

(née Vladykina) was also a notable athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1988 Olympics. Together they have two daughters Yelizaveta Bryzhina and

Anastasiia Bryzgina Anastasiia Viktorivna Bryzhina ( uk, Анастасія Вікторівна Бризгіна; born 9 January 1998) is a Ukrainian sprinter. She competed in the women's 400 metres at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics. She competed in t ...

who are also a successful track and field athletes (competing for

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).Lewis-Francis accepts blame for 4x100m relay disaster
BBC (July 31, 2010)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bryzhin, Viktor 1962 births Living people Ukrainian male sprinters Soviet male sprinters Sportspeople from Luhansk Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Dynamo sports society athletes Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games