Ardalion Ignatyev, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ardalion Ignatyev

athletics competitor

Date of Birth: 22-Dec-1930

Place of Birth: Yalchiksky District, Chuvash Republic, Russia

Date of Death: 24-Oct-1998

Profession: sprinter, athletics competitor

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Ardalion Vasilyevich Ignatyev (Russian: ???????? ????´?????? ????´????; December 22, 1930 – October 24, 1998) was a Soviet athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metres.
He was born in the village of Novoye Toyderyakovo, Yalchiksky District, Chuvash ASSR. He was European champion over 400 metres in 1954, when he also won a silver medal over 200 metres.
He competed for the USSR in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the 400 metres where he won the bronze medal jointly with Finland's Voitto Hellstén.
After his career was finished, Ignatyev worked at sports school in Cheboksary as a director, and was also a lecturer at Yakovlev Chuvash State Pedagogical University from 1970-1976.