Background
KAPITONOV, Viktor was born in 1933 in Kalinin.
KAPITONOV, Viktor was born in 1933 in Kalinin.
Graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Physical Culture, 1968.
Honoured Master of Sports (cycling), 1959. With the Moscow Armed Forces Club. Honoured Sports Instructor of the USSR, 1970.
USSR champion, 1956-1964. Olympic champion, 1960. Bronze medal, 1960. Author of several sports books, such as Radi Elogo Stoit Zhit’, Moscow, 1978.