Igor Sokolov (; born January 2, 1958) is a former

Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

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and Olympic champion. He received a gold medal in ''50 m Running Target'' at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

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."1980 Summer Olympics – Moscow, Soviet Union – Shooting"
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1958 births Living people Russian male sport shooters Soviet male sport shooters Running target shooters Olympic shooters for the Soviet Union Shooters at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{USSR-sportshooting-bio-stub