Valentin Kornev
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 August 1942 Yaroslavl, Soviet Union |
| Died | 18 November 2016 (aged 74) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Sports shooting |
Medal record | |
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Valentin Mikhaylovich Kornev (Russian: Валентин Михайлович Корнев, 29 August 1942 – 18 November 2016) was a Soviet sport shooter who won the silver medal in the 300 m free rifle event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.[1][2][3]
He took up sports as a 14-year-old, starting with modern pentathlon before switching to sport shooting. Kornev won 16 individual Soviet titles in shooting competitions.[2]
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Categories:
- 1942 births
- 2016 deaths
- Soviet male sport shooters
- Olympic shooters for the Soviet Union
- Shooters at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- Olympic medalists in shooting
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Yaroslavl
- Russian sport shooting biography stubs
- Soviet sportspeople stubs
- Soviet Olympic medalist stubs