What is Mikhail Shakhov?
[[File:Mehdi Yaghoubi, Mustafa Dağıstanlı, Mikhail Shakhov 1956.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Shakhov (right wearing the CCCP sweater), 1956]] '''Mikhail Afanasyevich Shakhov''' ({{lang-ru|Михаил Афанасьевич Шахов}}; 20 November 1931 – 8 August 2018) was a Soviet bantamweight freestyle wrestler.<ref name=sr>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/mykhailo-shakhov-1.html Mykhailo Shakhov] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418110559/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sh/mykhailo-shakhov-1.html |date=2020-04-18 }}. sports-reference.com</ref> He competed at the [[1956 Summer Olympics|1956]] and the [[1960 Summer Olympics]] and won a bronze medal in 1956.<ref name=sr/> Shakhov was born in [[Saratov Oblast]], Russia.<ref name=bio>[http://profc.com.ua/edinoborstva/edinoborstva-borba/235-mihail-shahov-udivlyaet-chto-sovremennye-borcy-ne-znayut-dazhe-imen-svoih-sopernikov.html Михаил Шахов: «Удивляет, что современные борцы не знают даже имен своих соперников»]. profc.com.ua</ref> ==Death== Shakhov died on 8 August 2018 in [[Kyiv]], [[Ukraine]], aged 86.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ktelegram.com/died-ukrainian-olympic-medalist-mikhail-shakhov-24-channel/15236/ |title=Died Ukrainian Olympic medalist Mikhail Shakhov – 24 Channel &#124; the Koz Telegram |access-date=2018-08-12 |archive-date=2018-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811133326/https://ktelegram.com/died-ukrainian-olympic-medalist-mikhail-shakhov-24-channel/15236/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shakhov, Mikhail}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union]] [[Category:Soviet wrestlers]] [[Category:People from Saratov Oblast]] {{sports-bio-stub}}