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Farit Zigangirov

Zigangirov (right) at the 1980 Olympics
Personal information
Born	15 August 1954 (1954-08-15) (age 70) Kirov, Kirov Oblast, Russia
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport	Field hockey
Club	Dynamo Almaty
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1980 Moscow Team European championships 1983 Amsterdam Team

Farit Nurgaliyevich Zigangirov (Russian: Фарит Нургалиевич Зигангиров, born 15 August 1954) is a retired Soviet field hockey player who won a bronze medal at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.

Zigangirov was the youngest child in a family of seven siblings. During his sports career he moved between several cities in Russia and Kazakhstan, where he settled after retiring in 1987. After the 1980 Olympics he became the captain of the Soviet field hockey team and led it to the second place at the 1983 European Championships and fourth place at the 1986 World Championships. In retirement he worked as a coach with Dynamo Almaty.

References

1. Farit Zigangirov Archived 4 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
2. Фарит ЗИГАНГИРОВ. Судьба капитана. gazeta.caravan.kz (15 August 2014)

External links

• Farit Zigangirov at Olympedia

v t e Soviet Union squad – 1980 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal
1 V. Pleshakov 2 Lampeyev 3 Pavlovski (c) 4 Hayrapetyan 5 Zigangirov 6 Belyakov 7 Klevtsov 8 Zagorodnev 9 Gusev 10 S. Pleshakov 11 Nichepurenko 12 Azizov 13 Sychyov 14 Myasnikov 15 Deputatov 16 Goncharov

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