Semyon Ivanovich Rizhin ( February 15, 1933 , Moscow Region [1] , USSR - December 27, 1986 [2] ) - Soviet athlete , bronze medalist of the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome at a distance of 3000 meters with obstacles (8: 42.2) . Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1960).
 Semyon Ivanovich Rzhischin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date and place of birth | February 15, 1933 Moscow region , USSR | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Date and place of death | December 27, 1986 (53 years) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  the USSR | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 173 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 64 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | CSKA | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Trainers | P. S. Stepanov | |||||||||||||||||||||
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He also participated in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne , where he took 5th place.
I established two world records at a distance of 3,000 meters with obstacles : on August 14, 1956 at the Games of the Peoples of the USSR in Moscow - 8: 39.8 [3] and on July 21, 1958 in Tallinn - 8: 35.5. Silver medalist of the European Championship in 1958 (8: 38.8).
Awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor .
Notes
- ↑ S. I. Rzhischin was born in the territory that was part of the Moscow Region at that time. Now it is the Ryazan region.
- ↑ Semyon Rzhischin on www.sports-reference.com (eng.)
- ↑ Athletics - World Record progression . International Olympic Committee . The date of circulation is December 3, 2006. Archived October 31, 2012.
Links
- Pepelyaev E. From the Olympic arena to the forest stadium . - Azimuth, 1999, No. 1, p. 38-39.