Erkin Maksudovich Shagayev (, born 12 February 1959) was an Uzbekistani

water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...

player who was the part of the

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water polo team which won the gold medal in the

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. He was born in

Tashkent Tashkent (), also known as Toshkent, is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uzbekistan, largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of more than 3 million people as of April 1, 2024. I ...

and played for the Mekhnat club there.

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* Living people 1959 births Sportspeople from Tashkent Olympic water polo players for the Soviet Union Water polo players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in water polo Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Soviet male water polo players Uzbekistani male water polo players World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo European Water Polo Championship medalists Australia men's national water polo team coaches Water polo coaches at the 2004 Summer Olympics Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Friendship Games medalists in water polo Russia men's national water polo team coaches Expatriate water polo coaches Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Australia Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Russia Uzbekistani sports coaches {{USSR-waterpolo-bio-stub

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