Viktor Ivanovich Rashchupkin ( October 16, 1950 , Kamensk-Uralsky , Sverdlovsk Region , RSFSR , USSR ) - Soviet athlete , Olympic champion in discus throwing . Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1980), holder of the Order of the Badge of Honor .
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| Full name | Victor Ivanovich Rashchupkin | ||||||||||
| Date and place of birth | October 16, 1950 (68 years old) Kamensk-Uralsky , Sverdlovsk Region , RSFSR , USSR | ||||||||||
| Citizenship |  the USSR | ||||||||||
| Height | 188 cm | ||||||||||
| The weight | 107 kg | ||||||||||
| Club | Petrel | ||||||||||
| Trainers | Yuri Fedorov [1] | ||||||||||
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| Disk | 66.64 (1980) | ||||||||||
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He studied at the Kamensk-Ural secondary school No. 16. He graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Aviation Instrumentation, State Institute of Physical Culture named after P. F. Lesgaft .
Career
At the Olympic Games in Moscow, Victor won a gold medal in discus throw. He sent a shell 66.64 meters ahead of Czechoslovakian Imrich Bugar and Cuban Luis Delis [2] .
Notes
- β Victor Rashchupkin
- β Rashchupkin Viktor Ivanovich - article from the Grand Olympic Encyclopedia ( M. , 2006)