Vladimir Pavlovich Leontyev (, 4 November 1946 – 21 September 2005) was a Russian

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. While the term ''sailor'' ...

. He competed in the

Flying Dutchman The ''Flying Dutchman'' () is a legendary ghost ship, allegedly never able to make port, but doomed to sail the sea forever. The myths and ghost stories are likely to have originated from the 17th-century Golden Age of the Dutch East India C ...

class at the 1972, 1976 and 1980 Olympics and placed fifth-sixth. Domestically he won 11 Soviet titles in this event between 1969 and 1981.Парусный спорт
sport-history.ruВладимир Леонтьев
ym-online.ru Leontyev was born in a family of competitive sailors, and took up the sport in 1957. He graduated from the Institute of Physical Education in Yerevan, and after retiring from competitions worked as a sailing coach.

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1946 births 2005 deaths Soviet male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for the Soviet Union Sailors at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Sailors at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Sailors at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman {{USSR-yachtracing-bio-stub