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Nikolay Chernetskiy
Personal information
Born29 November 1959 (1959-11-29) (age 64)
Frunze, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow 4x400 m relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1983 Helsinki 4x400 m relay

Nikolay Nikolayevich Chernetskiy (Russian: Николай Николаевич Чернецкий; born 29 November 1959 in Frunze, Kirghiz SSR[1]) is a retired track and field sprinter from the Soviet Union.

He is known for winning the gold medal in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics and at the inaugural 1983 World Championships (with Aleksandr Troshchilo, Sergey Lovachov, and Viktor Markin, clocking a total time of 3:00.79 min).

References

  1. ^ Great Olympic Encyclopedia, vol.1-2, Moscow: Olympia Press Publisher, 2006, entry on "Чернецкий", available online (in Russian)