Leonid Nikolaevich Moseyev (; born October 21, 1952, in Metlyno,

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) is a retired male

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from the

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. Moseyev won the gold medal in the men's

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at the 1978 European Championships in

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. He twice competed in the same event for the Soviet Union at the

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in 1976 and 1980, finishing 7th and 5th respectively.

Achievements

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1978 Year Ranking
1952 births Living people Soviet male long-distance runners Russian male long-distance runners Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) People from Ozyorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1977 Summer Universiade Athletes from Chelyabinsk Oblast Soviet Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-longdistance-athletics-bio-stub