Valery Ivanovich Meshkov (russian: Валерий Иванович Мешков; born 9 August 1945) is a former
figure skater
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who competed for the
Soviet Union
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. He is the 1964
Winter Universiade
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bronze medalist and a four-time
Soviet national champion. His best
ISU Championship result, seventh, came at the
1963 Europeans in
Budapest
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, Hungary. He withdrew from the
1964 Winter Olympics
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in
Innsbruck, Austria.
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1945 births
Russian male single skaters
Soviet male single skaters
Figure skaters at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Olympic figure skaters of the Soviet Union
Living people
Figure skaters from Moscow
Universiade medalists in figure skating
Universiade bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
Competitors at the 1964 Winter Universiade
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