Vladimir Dolgov

Vladimir Genrikhovich Dolgov (Russian: Владимир Генрихович Долгов, 11 May 1960 – 10 January 2022) was a backstroke swimmer from the Soviet Union.^[1] He won the bronze medal in the men's 100m backstroke event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.^[2] He later emigrated to the United States, working as a swimming coach for Sailfish Aquatics at Huntersville Family Fitness & Aquatics in North Carolina.

Vladimir Dolgov

Personal information
Born	(1960-05-11)11 May 1960 Kharkiv, USSR
Died	10 January 2022(2022-01-10) (aged 61) North Carolina, U.S.
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1980 Moscow 100 m backstroke Summer Universiade 1981 Bucharest 100 m backstroke

Dolgov died from stomach cancer on 10 January 2022, at the age of 61.^[3]