Pavel Lednyov

Pavel Serafimovich Lednyov (Russian: Павел Серафимович Леднёв; 25 March 1943, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia – 23 November 2010, Moscow, Russia) was a Russian modern pentathlete and Olympic Champion. He won a total of seven Olympic medals in modern pentathlon, more than any other player to date.[2] He won four individual World Championships, and two gold medals as a member of the Soviet team.[2]

Pavel Lednyov
Personal information
NationalitySoviet Union[1]
Born(1943-03-25)25 March 1943
Nizhny Novgorod, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died23 November 2010(2010-11-23) (aged 67)
Moscow, Russia
Sport
SportModern pentathlon
Medal record
Men's modern pentathlon
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1972 Münich Team
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow Team
Silver medal – second place 1968 Mexico City Team
Silver medal – second place 1976 Montreal Individual
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Mexico City Individual
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Münich Individual
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Moscow Individual
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1973 London Individual
Gold medal – first place 1973 London Team
Gold medal – first place 1974 Moscow Individual
Gold medal – first place 1974 Moscow Team
Gold medal – first place 1975 Mexico City Individual
Gold medal – first place 1978 Jönköping Individual
Silver medal – second place 1977 San Antonio Individual
Bronze medal – third place 1975 Mexico City Team
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Jönköping Team

Career

Lednyov competed in 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics, and won a total of two gold medals, two silver medals, and three bronze medals.[2][3]

Lednyov became Soviet champion in 1968 and qualified for the Summer Olympics in Mexico City. At his first Olympic games, he won an individual bronze medal, and a silver medal with the Soviet team, which consisted of Lednyov, Boris Onishchenko, and Stasys Šaparnis. In Munich in 1972, he won a silver medal in the individual competition, behind András Balczó, and an Olympic gold medal in the team competition, together with Boris Onishchenko and Vladimir Shmelyov.

In London in 1973, Lednyov became double World Champion, by winning the individual competition with 5,412 points, 145 points ahead of Shmelyov, and the Soviet team won the team competition before West Germany.[4] In 1973 he also became a national champion for the second time. He became a double World Champion again in 1974, and in 1975 he became an individual World Champion for the third time.

At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, he won an individual silver medal, behind gold winner Janusz Pyciak-Peciak. In 1978 he became World Champion again, his fourth in the individual competition. At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, he won an individual bronze medal, and also his second Olympic gold medal with the Soviet team, together with Anatoli Starostin and Yevgeny Lipeyev.[2]

Awards

Lednyov was listed among the Soviet Union top ten athletes of the year by the Federation of Sports Journalists of the USSR in 1973 and 1975.

References
  1. https://olympics.com/en/athletes/pavel-lednev
  2. "Profile: Pavel Lednyov". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
  3. "Stats". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
  4. "A Roundup Of The Week Sept. 3-9". Sports Illustrated Vault. 17 September 1973. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
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