Igor Tselovalnikov

{{short description|Soviet cyclist}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1944|1|2|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Yerevan, Armenian SSR, Soviet Union

| death_date = {{death date and age|1986|3|17|1944|1|2|df=yes}}

| death_place = Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union

| height = {{convert|1.74|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|75|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| sport = Cycling

| club = Burevestnik Kharkiv

| alma_mater = University of Kharkiv

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|the {{URS}}}}

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{{MedalGold|1972 Munich|Tandem sprint}}

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Ihor Vasilyevich Tselovalnikov ({{langx|ru|Игорь Васильевич Целовальников}}; {{langx|uk|Ігор Васильович Целовальніков}}; 2 January 1944 – 17 March 1986) was a Soviet cyclist.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/16908 |title=Igor Tselovalnikov |work=Olympedia |access-date=21 March 2022}} He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics in the 2000 m tandem sprint and finished in fifth and first place, respectively. Tselovalnykov represented the Burevestnik of the Ukrainian SSR.

Nationally he won four titles in the tandem sprint (1967, 1971–1974) and one in the 1000 m track time trial.

He graduated from the University of Kharkiv with a degree in economics (1969) and then from the Saint Petersburg Military Institute of Physical Education (1977). Between 1969 and 1972 he served in the Soviet Army, and after 1977 worked as a lecturer at the Kharkiv Military School of Missile Troops.