Yevgeny Ivanovich Maskinskov () (19 December 1930 – 25 January 1985) 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 50 kilometre walk. He trained at the

Armed Forces sports society The Sports Clubs of the Armed Forces, Physical Culture and Sports Association of the Soviet Armed Forces ( ''sportivnye kluby Armiy, SKA''; , ''Fizkulturno-sportivnoe obyedinenie Vooruzhonnykh Sil SSSR''), also called the Sports Clubs of the Sovie ...

Saransk Saransk (, ); ; is the capital city of Mordovia, Russia, as well as its financial and economic centre. It is located in the Volga River, Volga drainage basin, basin at the confluence of the Saranka and Insar Rivers, about east of Moscow. Sar ...

. He competed for the

USSR 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 ...

in the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XVI Olympiad and officially branded as Melbourne 1956, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December ...

held in Melbourne, Australia in the 50 kilometre walk where he won the silver medal.

References

Biography at sports-reference.com
1930 births 1985 deaths Soviet male race walkers People from Lyambirsky District Armed Forces (sports society) sportspeople Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Russian male race walkers European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes from Mordovia 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-racewalk-athletics-bio-stub