Viktor Potapov

For the Soviet and Russian naval aviator, see Viktor Pavlovich Potapov.

Viktor Yakovlevich Potapov (Russian: Виктор Яковлевич Потапов; 29 March 1947 – 10 December 2017) was a Soviet and Russian sailor.^[1] He won a bronze medal in the Finn class at the 1972 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Viktor Potapov

Personal information
Birth name	Виктор Яковлевич Потапов
Full name	Viktor Yakovlevich Potapov
Born	(1947-03-29)29 March 1947 Dolgoprudny, Moscow Oblast, RSFSR, USSR
Died	10 December 2017(2017-12-10) (aged 70) Dolgoprudny, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Sailing career
Class	Finn class
Competition record Representing  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1972 Munich Finn class

He died in Dolgoprudny as a result of an automobile accident on 10 December 2017.^[3][4]

Memorial plaque to Viktor Potapov in Dolgoprudny