Viktor Saneyev
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| Olympic medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's athletics | |||
| Gold | Mexico City 1968 | Triple Jump | |
| Gold | Munich 1972 | Triple Jump | |
| Gold | Montreal 1976 | Triple Jump | |
| Silver | Moscow 1980 | Triple Jump | |
Viktor Danilovich Saneyev (Russian: Виктор Данилович Санеев) (born October 3, 1945, Sukhumi, Georgian SSR) is a retired Russian triple jumper, who competed internationally for the USSR and won four Olympic medals; three golds (1968, 1972 and 1976) and one silver (1980). He dominated the event during the late 1960s and 1970s. Saneyev trained in Sukhumi and later in Tbilisi at Dynamo.
He was awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1969), Order of Lenin (1972) and Order of Friendship of Peoples (1976).
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| Olympic champions in men's triple jump |
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| 1896: James Connolly | 1900: Myer Prinstein | 1904: Myer Prinstein | 1906: Peter O'Connor | 1908: Tim Ahearne | 1912: Gustaf Lindblom | 1920: Vilho Tuulos | 1924: Nick Winter | 1928: Mikio Oda | 1932: Chuhei Nambu | 1936: Naoto Tajima | 1948: Arne Åhman | 1952: Adhemar da Silva | 1956: Adhemar da Silva | 1960: Józef Szmidt | 1964: Józef Szmidt | 1968: Viktor Saneyev | 1972: Viktor Saneyev | 1976: Viktor Saneyev | 1980: Jaak Uudmäe | 1984: Al Joyner | 1988: Hristo Markov | 1992: Mike Conley | 1996: Kenny Harrison | 2000: Jonathan Edwards | 2004: Christian Olsson |
Categories: 1945 births | Living people | Soviet athletes | Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union | Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union | Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union | Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour | Triple jumpers | Athletes at the 1968 Summer Olympics | Athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics | Athletes at the 1976 Summer Olympics | Athletes at the 1980 Summer Olympics | Multiple Olympic gold medalists
