This was reported on the website of the Russian Water Polo Federation.

Osipov won the USSR championship many times, as part of the Soviet Union national team, he won the European Championship twice (1966, 1970), and in 1972 he won the Olympics in Munich.

In addition, together with the USSR national team, he won bronze at the Olympic Games-1964 and silver at the Olympic Games-1968.

Earlier it was reported that the multiple USSR champion in water polo Andrei Pavlov died at the age of 62.