Nikolay Vikhor

Nikolay Vikhor (Russian: Николай Вихор; born March 10, 1954 in Moscow) is a retired male discus thrower. He represented the Soviet Union at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he ended up in 21st place in the overall-rankings. Vikhor is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's discus event at the 1977 Summer Universiade in Sofia, Bulgaria.

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Summer Universiade champions in men's discus throw

1959: Antonios Kounadis (GRE)
1961: Edmund Piątkowski (POL)
1963: Gaetano Dalla Pria (ITA)
1965: Lars Haglund (SWE)
1967: Gary Carlsen (USA)
1970: János Murányi (HUN)
1973: Viktor Zhurba (URS)
1975: Markku Tuokko (FIN)
1977: Nikolay Vikhor (URS)
1979: Wolfgang Schmidt (GDR)
1981: Armin Lemme (GDR)
1983–1985: Luis Delís (CUB)
1987: Randy Heisler (USA)
1989: Kamy Keshmiri (USA)
1991: Adewale Olukoju (NGR)
1993: Alexis Elizalde (CUB)
1995: Vitaliy Sidorov (UKR)
1997: Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR)
1999: Frantz Kruger (RSA)
2001: Aleksander Tammert (EST)
2003: Wu Tao (CHN)
2005: Gerd Kanter (EST)
2007: Gerhard Mayer (AUT)
2009: Mohammad Samimi (IRI)
2011: Märt Israel (EST)
2013: Ronald Julião (BRA)
2015: Philip Milanov (BEL)

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