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Vladimir Valeryevich Salnikov ( Russian: Владимир Валерьевич Сальников; born 21 May 1960) is a Russian former freestyle swimmer who set 20 world records in the 400, 800 and 1,500 metre events.
May 17, 2024 · Vladimir Salnikov (born May 21, 1960, Leningrad, Russia, U.S.S.R. [now St. Petersburg, Russia]) is a Russian swimmer who won four Olympic gold medals and was the first to break the 15-minute barrier in the 1,500-metre freestyle. Salnikov became the first Soviet swimmer to excel at the international level, winning the European championship at ...
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May 21, 1984 · One of the major casualties of the Soviet boycott of the Olympics is Vladimir Salnikov, the finest distance freestyler in the world—and an exemplar of his country's culture, as '72 hero Mark...
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- He was the first man under 15 minutes in the 1500m freestyle. There are those milestones in sport that seem unbeatable or unattainable. For a long time in track it was the 4 minute mile and the 10 second 100.
- Winning boycotted-Olympic medals wasn’t good enough for him. With his 1980 win in the books, Salnikov continued training, hoping to get a chance to swim against the world in 1984.
- W ritten off by analysts as too old and in decline, on September 25, 1988, he won the 1500 freestyle in Seoul at the age of 28, making him the oldest Olympic gold medal swimmer in over 50 years.
- He got a standing ‘O’ in the Olympic village after his race in Seoul. Canadian swimmer Mark Tewksbury, who would later win the 100m backstroke at the 1992 Olympics, recounted in his book Visions of Excellence seeing the normally stoic Russian well up a little bit at the spontaneous act of appreciation and support for an athlete who just wanted to compete against the whole world.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Vladimir Salnikov was considered the greatest long-distance swimmer of his era, and some consider him the greatest ever. During his career Salnikov competed at three Olympic Games, three World Championships and three European Championships.
Russian distance swimmer Vladimir Salnikov won three gold medals at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. He set an Olympic record in the 400m freestyle and he helped the Soviet team gain a victory in the 4x200m freestyle relay.
Sep 10, 2018 · Salnikov clinched one more gold medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics at age 28, in 1500m, and retired. Vladimir Salnikov in his glory days.
