Nikolay Poljakov (born June 14, 1951) is a

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sailor. He won the silver medal in

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in the

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along with Alexandr Budnikov and Boris Budnikov.

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Profile at ESBL
1951 births Living people Russian male sailors (sport) Estonian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Soviet male sailors (sport) Olympic medalists in sailing Sailors at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Soling Sailors at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Soling Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Soling Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Soling class sailors 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{USSR-yachtracing-bio-stub