Leonid Spirin
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men’s athletics | |||
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| Gold | 1956 Melbourne | 20 kilometer walk | |
Leonid Vasilievich Spirin (Russian: Леонид Васильевич Спирин) (born 21 June 1932) was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the 20 kilometer walk.
He competed for the USSR in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the 20 kilometer walk where he won the gold medal.
Spirin was awarded th Order of the Badge of Honor (1957).
| Olympic champions in men's 20 km walk |
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| 1956: Leonid Spirin | 1960: Vladimir Golubnichy | 1964: Ken Matthews | 1968: Vladimir Golubnichy | 1972: Peter Frenkel | 1976: Daniel Bautista | 1980: Maurizio Damilano | 1984: Ernesto Canto | 1988: Jozef Pribilinec | 1992: Daniel Plaza | 1996: Jefferson Pérez | 2000: Robert Korzeniowski | 2004: Ivano Brugnetti |
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