Education
Russian State University of Physical Culture, Sport, Youth and Tourism.
Russian State University of Physical Culture, Sport, Youth and Tourism.
He is known for winning the gold medal in the men"s 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics and at the inaugural 1983 World Championships (with Aleksandr Troshchilo, Sergey Lovachov, and Viktor Markin, clocking a total time of 3:0079 minimum). He trained at Armed Forces sports society in Moscow.