Boris Goykhman

Boris Goykhman
Personal information
Born	April 28, 1919; Voznesensk, Ukrainian SSR
Died	October 28, 2005 (aged 86); Moscow, Russia
Sport
Sport	Water polo
Medal record
Representing Soviet Union
Olympic Games

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.

Career

He was Jewish, and was born in Voznesensk, Ukrainian SSR.^[1]

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.