Aleksandr Vinogradov (Russian

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: Александр Виноградов, born November 10, 1951) is a Soviet

Soviet Union

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-born Russia

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n sprint canoer

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 who competed from the early 1970s to the early 1980s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won gold medals in the C-2 500 m and C-2 1000 m events at Montreal

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 in 1976

1976 Summer Olympics

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Vingogradov also won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds (C-2 500 m: 1974

1974 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

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, 1975

1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia for the second time, having hosted them in 1971. This also equaled the most times a city had done so with Copenhagen, Denmark ....

; C-2 10000 m: 1971), one silver (C-2 500 m: 1979

1979 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

The 1979 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Duisburg, West Germany.The men's competition consisted of six Canadian and nine kayak events. Three events were held for the women, all in kayak....

, and one bronze (C-2 1000 m: 1975).