Gusman Sittykovich Kosanov (Kazakh: Ғұсман Сыйттықұлы Қосанов, Russian: Гусман Ситтыкович Косанов; 25 May 1935 – 19 July 1990) was a Soviet and Kazakh sprinter.
He won the Soviet title in the 4 × 100 m relay in 1960 and placed second in 1964; in the individual 100 m he finished second in 1966 and third in 1963.
Kosanov hung himself in July 1990 after he was diagnosed with diabetes and fired from his job as a director of a sports school in Alma-Ata.
[1] After his death, an annual athletic meet has been held in Almaty in his honor.
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