Lev Balandin

Lev Balandin

Personal information
Born	1934 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Died	1980 Moscow, Russia
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Club	CSKA Moscow, Dynamo Gorky
Medal record Men's swimming Representing  Soviet Union European Championships 1954 Turin 100 m freestyle 1954 Turin 4×200 m freestyle

Lev Nikolayevich Balandin (Russian: Лев Николаевич Баландин; 1934–1980) was a Russian swimmer who won two medals at the 1954 European Aquatics Championships.^[1] He also competed at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics in three freestyle events, but was eliminated in prelinaries.^[2]

During his career he set four world records and seven European records in relay events. He also won 10 national titles in the 4 × 200 m freestyle (1951–1954), 4 × 100 m medley (1953–1955) and 100 m freestyle (1954–1956).^[3]

Balandin was born in Nizhny Novgorod but in the early 1950s moved to Moscow. He was married twice: first to Tamara Vasilyevna Panfilova (1923–2010) and then to Ida Petrovna Sapegina (1931–2001); both his wives were competitive swimmers.^[3]

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