Vladimir Valeryevich Salnikov is a Russian former swimmer competed for the USSR and set 12 world records in the 400-meter, 800-meter, and 1,500-meter freestyle. Nicknamed a "monster in the waves", he was the first man to swim under fifteen minutes in the 1500-meter freestyle. He was named the Male World Swimmer of the Year in 1982 by Swimming World magazine.
Russian swimmers
Freestyle swimmers
Swimming World World Swimmers of the Year
Olympic swimmers of Russia
Olympic swimmers of the Soviet Union
Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
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Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
1960 birth
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