{"id":595953,"date":"2024-09-04T12:50:25","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T19:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=595953"},"modified":"2024-09-04T12:50:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T19:50:25","slug":"passages-vladimir-bure-olympic-medalist-swimmer-and-famous-hockey-father-73","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/passages-vladimir-bure-olympic-medalist-swimmer-and-famous-hockey-father-73\/","title":{"rendered":"Passages: Vladimir Bure, Olympic Medalist Swimmer and Famous Hockey Father, 73"},"content":{"rendered":"

Passages: Vladimir Bure, Olympic Medalist Swimmer and Famous Hockey Father, 73<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vladimir Bure,<\/strong> who won four Olympic medals in the pool for the Soviet Union, died on Sept. 3. He was 73 years of age.<\/p>\n

Bure represented the Soviet Union at three Olympics, in 1968, 1972 and 1976. He won bronze in the 100 freestyle in Munich in 1972, behind Americans Mark Spitz<\/strong> and Jerry Heidenriech,<\/strong> to go with three relays medals \u2013 two in Munich and one in Mexico City. His biggest medal was a silver in the 400 free relay in Munich.<\/p>\n

The last name is perhaps best known in hockey circles: His sons Pavel Bure<\/strong> and Valeri Bure<\/strong> both played in the National Hockey League for a combined 21 seasons \u2013 12 for Pavel, nine for Valeri. Pavel was a seven-time All-Star, inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2012. Valeri was named an All-Star once. The brothers won Olympic silver in 1998 and bronze in 2002 for Russia.<\/p>\n