Vladimir Muravyov
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Vladimir Pavlovich Muravyov (born September 30, 1959) is a former Soviet
Soviet Union
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 athlete, winner of two gold medals in 4×100 m relay
Relay race
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 at the Olympic Games
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He was also 3 times Soviet champion outdoors, and 2 times indoor champion.

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...

, Vladimir Muravyov was sixth in the 100 m final, but went out in the heats of the 200 metres, but he ran the opening leg in the Soviet 4×100 m relay team, which won the Gold medal. At the 1982 European Championships
1982 European Championships in Athletics
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, Muravyov was seventh in 200 m. At the first World Championships
1983 World Championships in Athletics
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 he reached to the semifinal in 200 m and was a member of Soviet 4×100 m relay team, which won the bronze.

Muravyov missed the 1984 Summer Olympics
1984 Summer Olympics
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 due the boycott. In 1985 he Was 2nd behind Marian Woronin
Marian Woronin
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 (Poland) in the Euro cup, but went on to win the relay, but was sixth at the 1985 IAAF World Cup in 200 m and third in 4×100 m relay. He won the gold medal at the 1986 European Championships
1986 European Championships in Athletics
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 as a member of Soviet 4×100 m relay team.

At the 1987 World Championships
1987 World Championships in Athletics
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, Muravyov was eliminated in the quarterfinal of 100 m, but was second with the Soviet 4×100 m relay team. At the 1988 Summer Olympics
1988 Summer Olympics
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, Muravyov was again in the Soviet 4×100 m relay team, which, in the absence of United States
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, which was disqualified in the heats, won the gold medal.

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