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Aleksandr Tarasov (pentathlete)
Aleksandr
Tarasov
was a
Soviet
modern pentathlete
and
Olympic Champion
. He
competed
at the
1956 Summer Olympics
in
Melbourne
, where he won a
gold medal
in the
team
competition
(together with
Ivan Deryugin
and
Igor Novikov
, and placed
eighth
in the
individual
competition.