Vitaly Mikhailovich Parkhimovich (, 17 June 1943 – 15 January 1995) was a Soviet rifle shooter. He competed at the

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and

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, and won a bronze medal in the three positions event in 1968. Parkhimovich was born in Russia in a family of a career military officer. In 1948 he moved to

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where he lived most of his life. During his career he won nine gold and seven silver medals in various rifle events at the world championships. He also won 13 European titles, seven times placing second.Пархимович Виталий Михайлович
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1943 births 1995 deaths Soviet male sport shooters Olympic shooters for the Soviet Union Shooters at the 1968 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in shooting Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Ryazan {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub