Yevgeni Petrov (sport shooter)

Yevgeni Petrov
Personal information
Born(1938-10-16)16 October 1938
Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died18 November 2025(2025-11-18) (aged 87)
Moscow, Russia
Sport
SportSports shooting
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1968 Mexico City Skeet
1972 Munich Skeet

Yevgeny Alexandrovich Petrov (Russian: Евгений Александрович Петров; 16 October 1938 – 18 November 2025) was a Soviet sports shooter and Olympic medalist. He won a Gold medal in skeet shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, and a silver medal in 1972.[1]

Petrov died on 18 November 2025, at the age of 87.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Yevgeny Petrov". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  2. ^ Maxim, Skorokhodov. "Умер олимпийский чемпион по стрельбе Евгений Петров". Sovetsky Sport (in Russian). Retrieved 18 November 2025.