Aleksandr Vasilyevich Samsonov (russian: Александр Васильевич Самсонов; born 16 July 1953) is a Russian former swimmer. He competed at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972 ...

in the 400 m, 1500 m and 4 × 200 m freestyle. He won a bronze medal in the relay, in which he swam for the Soviet team in the preliminary round, but failed to reach the finals in other events. Between 1970 and 1975 he won six medals at European and world championships, including four medals at the

1974 European Aquatics Championships The 1974 European Aquatics Championships were held in Austrian capital of Vienna from 18 to 25 August 1974. Besides swimming there were titles contested in diving, synchronised swimming (women) and water polo (men). Medal table Medal summary ...

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1953 births Living people Russian male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of the Soviet Union Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Soviet male freestyle swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade silver medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1973 Summer Universiade {{Russia-swimming-bio-stub