Yevgeny Lipeyev
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Yevgeny Lipeyev is a former Soviet modern pentathlete
and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics
in Moscow, where he won a gold medal in the team competition (together with Anatoli Starostin
and Pavel Lednyov
), and placed 14th in the individual competition.
Modern pentathlon
The modern pentathlon is a sports contest that includes five events: pistol shooting, épée fencing, 200 m freestyle swimming, show jumping, and a 3 km cross-country run...
and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...
in Moscow, where he won a gold medal in the team competition (together with Anatoli Starostin
Anatoli Starostin
Anatoli Starostin is a former Soviet modern pentathlete and Olympic champion.-Olympics:Starostin competed for the Soviet Union at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, where he received an individual gold medal, and a team gold medal with the Soviet team...
and Pavel Lednyov
Pavel Lednyov
Pavel Serafimovich Lednyov was a Soviet modern pentathlete and Olympic Champion. He won a total of seven Olympic medals in modern pentathlon, more than any other player to date...
), and placed 14th in the individual competition.