Robert Merkulov
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Moscow, USSR | August 9, 1931
Died | November 6, 2022 | (aged 91)
Sport | |
Country | Soviet Union |
Sport | Speed skating |
Achievements and titles | |
Olympic finals | 1956 Winter Olympics |
Robert Viktorovich Merkulov (Russian: Роберт Викторович Меркулов, 9 August 1931 – 6 November 2022) was a Russian speed skater who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1956 Winter Olympics. He was born in Moscow. In 1956 he finished fifth in the 1500 metres event.
Merkulov died on 6 November 2022, at the age of 91.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Robert Merkulov". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
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Categories:
- 1931 births
- 2022 deaths
- Soviet male speed skaters
- Olympic speed skaters for the Soviet Union
- Speed skaters at the 1956 Winter Olympics
- Russian male speed skaters
- World Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists
- Speed skaters from Moscow
- Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
- 20th-century Russian sportsmen
- Russian speed skating biography stubs