Ivan Potekhin
Russian association football player
Ivan Potekhin (Russian: Иван Потехин, born 8 April 1981 in Dzerzhinsk) is a Russian Paralympic 7-a-side footballer.
Potekhin participated in the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Summer Paralympics.
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