Aleksandr Tarasov (pentathlete)

{{short description|Soviet modern pentathlete}}

{{About||hockey player|Alexander Tarasov (ice hockey)|Russian footballer|Aleksandr Tarasov (footballer)}}

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Aleksandr Tarasov (23 March 1927 – 16 June 1984) was a Soviet modern pentathlete and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, where he won a gold medal in the team competition (together with Ivan Deryugin and Igor Novikov, and placed eighth in the individual competition.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/aleksandr-tarasov-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418102554/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/aleksandr-tarasov-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 | title=Profile: Aleksandr Tarasov |publisher=sports-reference.com |accessdate=7 March 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=TARASALE01 |title=Olympics Statistics: Aleksandr Tarasov |accessdate=2012-07-21 |work=databaseolympics.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114071933/http://databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=TARASALE01 |archivedate=2012-11-14 }}