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Place of Birth: Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia
About Kharis Yunichev
- Kharis Kharisovich Yunichev (Russian: ????? ????????? ??????; 7 August 1931 – 12 February 2006) was the first Soviet male swimmer to win an Olympic medal – at the 1956 Summer Olympics he finished third in the 200 m breaststroke event.
- The same year he set two European records.
- Yunichev was a versatile sportsman: he won three national titles, two in breaststroke swimming (1951 and 1956) and one in water polo (1952), and also competed nationally in diving.
- In the 1950s he was serving in the Air Force and training in the Moscow Oblast.
- Since the 2002, regional swimming competitions are held in Sochi in his memory.
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