Aleksandr Tarasov (pentathlete)
Aleksandr Tarasov (23 March 1927 – 16 June 1984) was a Soviet modern pentathlete and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, where he won a gold medal in the team competition (together with Ivan Deryugin and Igor Novikov, and placed eighth in the individual competition.
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| Born | 12 March 1927 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 June 1984 (aged 57) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Modern pentathlon | ||||||||||||||
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