Yevhen Arzhanov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Yevhen Arzhanov

Ukrainian athlete

Date of Birth: 09-Feb-1948

Place of Birth: Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine

Profession: coach, pundit, athletics competitor, middle-distance runner

Nationality: Ukraine

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Yevhen Arzhanov

  • Yevhen Oleksandrovych Arzhanov (Ukrainian: ????? ????????????? ???????, born 9 February 1948) is a Ukrainian former middle-distance runner who won a silver medal in the 800 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics.Arzhanov was a keen basketball and football player, and took up athletics only in 1965, yet by 1968 he was selected for the Soviet national team.
  • At the 1968 Olympics, he reached the semifinals, and next year finished fourth at the 1969 European Championships.
  • He won gold medals at the 1970 European Indoor Championships with a time of 1:51.0, 1971 European Indoor Championships (1:48.7), 1971 European Championships (1:45.6) and 1973 Summer Universiade (1:46.9).At the 1972 Olympics Arzhanov led the final, but was narrowly overtaken in the last meters by Dave Wottle, who finished in the same time (1:45.9).After retiring from competitions, Arzhanov worked as athletics commentator with Ukrainian national television and radio stations.
  • After the fall of the Soviet Union, he coached the national teams of South Korea and Vietnam.

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