Great Olympians

Biographies - BYK

Aleksandr Bykov

B. 1953-01-23, represented the Soviet Union
Fencing

	1976	HP
Men's Épée, Individual	R3:6th	0.455
Men's Épée, Team	fifth	250
		250.455

Anatoly Mikhaylovich Bykov

B. 1953-08-06, Magadan, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Wrestling, Greco-Roman (1 gold, 1 silver)

	1976	1980	HP
Men's Welterweight (-74 kg)	gold	silver	15600
			15600

He moved to Kazakhstan when he was 13 and started wrestling there. According to Wikipedia, he still holds a Kazakh passport, but he lives in Canada.

Viktor Nikolayevich Bykov

B. 1945-02-19, Simferopol, Crymea, Ukraine, represented the Soviet Union
Cycling - Track

	1968	1972	HP
Men's Team Pursuit	(fourth)	QF	1630.5
			1630.5

The MADMen class this athlete as Belarussian, since he competed for Dynamo Minsk, but I go by the birthplace. Simferopol is the most Russian city in the Crymea, offically part of Ukraine but now annexed by Russia. However, I shall go with the nation that the athlete would have represented in 1968, had it existed, and that is Ukraine.

Nataliya Viktorovna Bykova

B. 1958-08-17, from Moskva, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Hockey (1 bronze)

	1980	HP
Women's Team	bronze	1280
		1280

Tamara Vladimirovna Bykova

B. 1958-12-21, Rostov, Russia, represented the Soviet Union
Athletics - Track & Field (1 bronze)

	1980	1984	1988	HP
Women's High Jump	9th		bronze	4080
				4080

Written 2002-08-25 - last modified 2023-07-08

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