Nikolai Viktorovich Avilov
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| Olympic medal record | |||
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Competitor for  USSR |
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| Gold | 1972 Munich | Decathlon | |
| Bronze | 1976 Montreal | Decathlon | |
Nikolai Viktorovich Avilov (Russian: Николай Викторович Авилов) (born August 6, 1948) was a Ukrainian Soviet track athlete. Avilov trained at Dynamo in Odessa. He won a gold medal in the Olympic decathlon in 1972. A near seven foot high jumper he was one of the few great Soviet athletes of Jewish heritage.
In 1972 he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.
| Olympic champions in the all around, pentathlon and decathlon |
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| As all-around: Tom Kiely |
| As pentathlon: Hjalmer Mellander | Jim Thorpe | Eero Lehtonen (twice) |
| As decathlon: Jim Thorpe | Helge Løvland | Harold Osborn | Paavo Yrjölä | Jim Bausch | Glenn Morris | Bob Mathias (twice) | Milt Campbell | Rafer Johnson | Willi Holdorf | Bill Toomey | Nikolay Avilov | Bruce Jenner | Daley Thompson (twice) | Christian Schenk | Robert Změlík | Dan O'Brien | Erki Nool | Roman Šebrle |
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