Vladimir Vladimirovich Zhmudsky (russian: Владимир Владимирович Жмудский, born 23 January 1947 in Dublyany,
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
) is a Ukrainian
water polo
Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...
player who competed for the
Soviet Union
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 national ...
in the
1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...
.
See also
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List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
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List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
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List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
External links
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1947 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Moscow
Soviet male water polo players
Ukrainian male water polo players
Olympic water polo players for the Soviet Union
Water polo players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Olympic medalists in water polo
Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Lviv Oblast
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