sport.wikisort.org - Athlete

Kharis Kharisovich Yunichev (Russian: Харис Харисович Юничев; 7 August 1931 – 12 February 2006) was the first Soviet male swimmer to win an Olympic medal – at the 1956 Summer Olympics he finished third in the 200 m breaststroke event.[1] The same year he set two European records.[2] Yunichev was a versatile sportsman: he won three national titles, two in breaststroke swimming (1951 and 1956) and one in water polo (1952),[3] and also competed nationally in diving. In the 1950s he was serving in the Air Force and training in the Moscow Oblast. Since the 2002, regional swimming competitions are held in Sochi in his memory.[1][4][5]

Kharis Yunichev

Personal information
Born	(1931-08-07)7 August 1931 Sochi, Russia
Died	12 February 2006(2006-02-12) (aged 74)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Event(s)	Breaststroke
Club	Burevestnik Sochi
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m – 1:14.8 (1951) 200 m – 2:33.0 (1956) 400 m – 5:51.6 (1951)[1]
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1956 Melbourne 200 m breaststroke

References

На других языках

---

- [en] Kharis Yunichev

---

[it] Haris Juničev

Haris Hafisovič Juničev (in russo: Харис Харисович Юничев?; Soči, 7 agosto 1931 – 12 febbraio 2006) è stato un nuotatore sovietico, dal 1992 russo.

---

[ru] Юничев, Харис Харисович

Харис Хафисович Юничев (7 августа 1931 — 12 февраля 2006, Москва) — советский пловец, призёр Олимпийских игр.

---

---