Viktor Saneyev (3 October 1945 to 3 January 2022) was a Georgian triple jumper who competed internationally for the Soviet Union. He won four Olympic medals in the event, three golds at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Games and a silver in 1980. He set the world record three times during his career. Born in Sukhumi in the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, he trained in Sukhumi and Tbilisi, and he died in Sydney.
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was a Georgian triple jumper
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Viktor Saneyev, who was the top triple jumper of the world in the 1970s with four Olympic medals, took up athletics in 1956.
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3 October 1945
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was a Georgian triple jumper
Competed In: 1968 Summer Olympics, Lead, second sentence
three golds (1968, 1972 and 1976) and one silver (1980)
Competed In: 1972 Summer Olympics, Lead, second sentence
three golds (1968, 1972 and 1976) and one silver (1980)
Competed In: 1976 Summer Olympics, Lead, second sentence
three golds (1968, 1972 and 1976) and one silver (1980)
Competed In: 1980 Summer Olympics, Lead, second sentence
three golds (1968, 1972 and 1976) and one silver (1980)
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