Yevgeniy Arzhanov

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Arzhanov (Ukrainian: ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿) (born 9 February 1948 in Kalush, Ukrainian SSR) is a former middle distance runner who won a silver medal over 800 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Arzhanov trained at VSS Avanhard and later at Dynamo in Kiev. Arzhanov was a member of the USSR National Team since 1968. He represented the USSR at the Munich Olympics and finished in the same time (1:45.9) as gold medallist Dave Wottle, but was narrowly beaten by the American. In 800m event he also won a gold medal at the 1970 European Indoor Championships with the result 1:51.0, at the 1971 European Indoor Championships, his result being 1:48.7, and at the 1971 European Championships, where his result was 1:45.6. He also won a 800m gold medal at the 1973 Summer Universiade with the result 1:46.9.