One of the most successful athletes in history has passed away

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03 Jan 2022, 20:51

11342 One of the greatest athletes in the history of athletics Victor Saneev has died at the age of 77, the Georgian Olympic Committee said, quoted by ” 24 hours”.

Saneev is a three-time Olympus champion in the triple jump from Mexico ‘1968, Munich’1972 and Montreal’1976. At the 1980 Games in Moscow, he finished second just 11 centimeters away from Jaak Woodmae, the other representative of the USSR in one of the most scandalous finals of the discipline in history.

Local judges who replace those of the International Federation do not respect the 12 attempts of world record holder Joao de Oliveira (Brazil) and Ian Campbell (Australia) to win their.

Saneev has two European titles and three world records in the discipline.

Victor Danilovich Saneev was born on October 3, 1945 in Sukhumi, Georgian SSR. His father died when he was only 15.

After the collapse of the USSR he went to live in Australia, where he distributes pizza. He was eventually hired as a physical education teacher at St. Joseph’s Catholic College in Sydney and the University of New South Wales . Tags:

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