Pyotr Nikolayev

{{short description|Soviet sports shooter}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|4|18|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Irkutsk, Soviet Union

| death_date = 2000 (aged 75–76)

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| sport = Sports shooting

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Pyotr Nikolayev (18 April 1924 – 2000)[http://my-buryatia.ru/pedia/ulan-ude/pochetnye-grazhdane-g-ulan-ude/nikolaev-petr-pavlovich/ Николаев Петр Павлович] {{in lang|ru}} was a Soviet sports shooter. He competed in the 100 m running deer event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web |title=Pyotr Nikolayev |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/pyotr-nikolayev-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418063259/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ni/pyotr-nikolayev-1.html |archive-date=18 April 2020 |access-date=1 March 2015 |website=Sports Reference}}

Personal life

Nikolayev served in the Soviet Army as a squad leader during the Second World War. He was awarded the Medal "For Courage" and Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945".

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