Aleksandr Kuprikov
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Aleksandr Kuprikov is a Soviet
sprint canoer
who competed in the mid 1970s. He won a silver medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1974 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
in Mexico City
.
in the Gulf War
and was captured by some of Saddam Hussein
militants. His body was traded back to Russia in 1992 for some Ground-to-air missiles. His body was terribly decomposed.
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
sprint canoer
Canoe racing
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who competed in the mid 1970s. He won a silver medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1974 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
1974 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 1974 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Mexico City, Mexico in neighboring Xochimilco. This marked the first time the championships took place out side of Europe. , all championships have taken place either in Europe or North America...
in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
.
Death
Aleksandr Kuprikov suffered a fatal death in the early 1990's. He was serving in IraqIraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
in the Gulf War
Gulf War
The Persian Gulf War , commonly referred to as simply the Gulf War, was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States, against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.The war is also known under other names, such as the First Gulf...
and was captured by some of Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003...
militants. His body was traded back to Russia in 1992 for some Ground-to-air missiles. His body was terribly decomposed.