Leonid Vladimirovich Bartenyev () (10 October 1933 – 17 November 2021) was a

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 ...

athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. Bartenyev was born in

Poltava Poltava (, ; , ) is a city located on the Vorskla, Vorskla River in Central Ukraine, Central Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Poltava Oblast as well as Poltava Raion within the oblast. It also hosts the administration of Po ...

in October 1933.

Athletic Career

He trained at Burevestnik in

Kiev Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

. He competed for the

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at the

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held in

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in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the silver medal with his teammates Boris Tokarev, Yuriy Konovalov, and

Vladimir Sukharev Vladimir Sukharev () (July 10, 1924 – April 30, 1997) was a Soviet athlete, born in Georgievka, who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He trained at Dynamo in Moscow. He competed for the USSR in the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Sum ...

. He teamed up with Yuriy Konovalov again four years later in the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar ...

held in

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in the 4 x 100 metre relay where they won their second silver medals with new teammates Gusman Kosanov and

Edvin Ozolin Edvin Sigizmundovich Ozolin (, born 12 February 1939) is a retired Soviet runner and athletics coach. He competed in various sprint events at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won a silver medal in the relay. He won four medals in the relay at th ...

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* 1933 births 2021 deaths Ukrainian male sprinters Soviet male sprinters Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Burevestnik (sports society) sportspeople European Athletics Championships medalists Sportspeople from Poltava Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1961 Summer Universiade Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia 20th-century Ukrainian sportsmen {{Ukraine-athletics-bio-stub