Yevgeniy Lomtyev (

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: Евгений Ломтев; born 20 October 1961) is a retired

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sprinter who specialised in the

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. He won the gold medal at the 1983 European Indoor Championships. In addition he won silver medals in the

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at the

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and

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. His personal bests in the 400 metres are 45.05 seconds outdoors (Kiev 1984) and 46.20 seconds indoors (Budapest 1983).

International competitions

¹Did not finish in the final

References

All-Athletics profile
1961 births Living people Russian male sprinters Soviet male sprinters World Athletics Championships athletes for the Soviet Union Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade silver medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games Friendship Games medalists in athletics {{USSR-athletics-bio-stub