death_date club weight birth_place height sport birth_date article_title
18 june 2000 burevestnik , moscow 68 kg lb on moscow , russia 1.71 m ftin on cycling 15 january 1937 boris vasilyev -lrb- cyclist -rrb-

boris vasilyev -lrb- cyclist -rrb-

boris alekseyevich vasilyev -lrb- ; 15 january 1937 -- 18 june 2000 -rrb- was a russian cyclist .
he competed at the 1960 summer olympics in the sprint and tandem sprint events and won a bronze medal in the tandem sprint .
in 1977 , aged 40 , he was part of the soviet team at the peace race and finished in second place in the second stage .
after retirement he worked as a cycling coach .
in particular , he prepared the soviet track team for the 1980 and 1988 summer olympics .
