Vasily Borisov

Vasily Borisov

Borisov at the 1954 World Championships
Personal information
Born	(1922-12-12)12 December 1922 Mayaki, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR[1]
Died	21 August 2003(2003-08-21) (aged 80) Moscow, Russia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Sport	Rifle shooting
Club	Dynamo Moscow[1]
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne 300 m 3 positions 1956 Melbourne 50 m rifle prone 1960 Rome 300 m 3 positions World Championships 1954 Caracas 300 m 3 positions team 1954 Caracas 50 m 3 positions team 1954 Caracas 50 m prone ind. 1954 Caracas 50 m kneeling team 1954 Caracas 50 m standing team 1954 Caracas 300 m standing ind. 1958 Moscow 300 m 3 positions team 1958 Moscow 50 m 3 positions team 1958 Moscow 50 m kneeling team 1958 Moscow 50 m standing team 1962 Cairo 300 m standard team 1962 Cairo 50 m 3 positions team 1954 Caracas 300 m 3 positions ind. 1954 Caracas 50 m 3 positions ind. 1954 Caracas 50 m kneeling ind. 1954 Caracas 50 m standing ind. 1954 Caracas 300 m prone ind. 1954 Caracas 50 m prone team 1954 Caracas 50 m + 100 m prone team 1958 Moscow 50 m prone team 1966 Wiesbaden 50 m prone team

Vasily Fyodorovich Borisov (Russian: Василий Фёдорович Борисов; 12 December 1922 – 21 August 2003) was a Soviet rifle shooter. He competed at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics in five individual events and won a gold, a silver and a bronze medal.^[2] Between 1954 and 1966 Borisov won 22 medals at the world championships.^[3] At the 1954 World Championships, he and his teammate Anatoli Bogdanov won 13 medals each, cleansweeping most rifle events.

After he retired from competitions, Borisov worked as a coach. He lived in Moscow, on Mira Avenue.^[3] Borisov died in Moscow on 21 August 2003, at the age of 80.^[4][3]

References

External links

• Vasily Borisov at ISSF
• Vasily Borisov at Olympedia
• Vasily Borisov at InterSportStats