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{{short description|Soviet water polo player}}
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'''Boris Abramovich Goykhman''' ({{langx|ru|Борис Абрамович Гойхман}}, 28 April 1919 &ndash; 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 Soviet Socialist Republic|Ukrainian SSR]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Sport/Jews_in_Sport_in_the_USSR|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150429023935/http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Sport/Jews_in_Sport_in_the_USSR|archive-date = 2015-04-29|title = YIVO &#124; Sport: Jews in Sport in the USSR}}</ref>

In 1952 he was a member of the Soviet team which finished seventh in the [[Water polo at the 1952 Summer Olympics|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 [[List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics#Age records|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 Jews in sports#Water polo|List of select Jewish water polo players]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Sports links}}

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