# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/boris-nikitin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:45:45.593Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/boris-nikitin"
name: "Boris Nikitin"
slug: "boris-nikitin"
description: "Boris Vasilievich Nikitin was a Soviet freestyle swimmer. He had his best achievements in the 4 × 200 m relay, in which he set a world record in 1956, and won a bronze medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships; his team finished eighths at the 1960 Olympics. Individually, he won a European silver medal in the 400 m freestyle in 1958, but did not reach the final in that event at the 1956 Olympics."
tagline: "Soviet swimmer"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1938-03-05"
deathDate: "1984-10-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             5.625
  historical:           10.26947466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Нікітін Борис Васильович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بوريس نيكيتين (سباح من جيورجيا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bor%C3%ADs_Nikitin"
    title: "Borís Nikitin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Wassiljewitsch_Nikitin"
    title: "Boris Wassiljewitsch Nikitin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Nikitin"
    title: "Boris Nikitin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Nikitin"
    title: "Boris Nikitin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بوریس نیکیتین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Nikitin"
    title: "Boris Nikitin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ბორის ნიკიტინი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Nikitin"
    title: "Boris Nikitin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Nikitin"
    title: "Boris Nikitin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Никитин, Борис Васильевич"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump