Boris Goykhman

Boris Goykhman

Personal information
Born	(1919-04-28)April 28, 1919 Voznesensk, Ukrainian SSR
Died	October 28, 2005(2005-10-28) (aged 86) Moscow, Russia
Sport
Sport	Water polo
Medal record Representing Soviet Union Olympic Games 1960 Rome Team competition 1956 Melbourne Team competition

Boris Abramovich Goykhman (Russian: Борис Абрамович Гойхман, 28 April 1919 – 28 October 2005) was a Soviet water polo player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics, in the 1956 Summer Olympics, and in the 1960 Summer Olympics.

He was Jewish, and was born in Voznesensk, Ukrainian SSR.

In 1952 he was a member of the Soviet team which finished seventh in the Olympic water polo tournament. He played all nine matches as a goalkeeper.

Four years later he won the bronze medal with the Soviet team in the water polo competition at the 1956 Games. He played six matches as a goalkeeper.

At the 1960 Games he was part of the Soviet team which competed in the Olympic water polo tournament. He played four matches as a goalkeeper. On 3 September 1960, he won an Olympic silver medal at the age of 41 years and 128 days, becoming the oldest Olympic silver medalist in water polo.

See also

• Soviet Union men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
• List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers
• List of select Jewish water polo players

External links

• Boris Goykhman at Olympics.com
• Boris Goykhman at Olympedia