Ivan Deriuhin
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Ivan Konstantinovich Deriuhin (Ukrainian: Іван Костянтинович Дерюгін, Russian: Ива́н Константи́нович Дерю́гин; 25 November 1928 – 10 January 1996) was a Soviet modern pentathlete and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, where he won a gold medal in the team competition (together with Aleksandr Tarasov and Igor Novikov, and placed ninth in the individual competition.[1][2]
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Born | (1928-11-25)25 November 1928 Zmiiv, Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 10 January 1996(1996-01-10) (aged 67) Kiyv, Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Modern pentathlon | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Together with Albina Deriugina, he raised the award-winning Soviet gymnast Irina Deriugina.[3]