Yury Nikolaevich Suslin (Russian: Юрий Николаевич Суслин; 19 May 1935 – 7 October 2020)[1] was a retired Russian rower who specialised in the eights. In this event he won two silver medals at the European championships of 1963–1964[2] and finished fifth at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[3] Suslin competed at the 1961 European Rowing Championships with the coxed four and won silver.[4]
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| Birth name | Yury Nikolaevich Suslin | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 May 1935 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 October 2020 (aged 85) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 93 kg (205 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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His younger brother Viktor is also a retired Olympic rower.[5]
References
edit- ^ Ушел из жизни Юрий Николаевич Суслин (in Russian)
- ^ Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Achter) at sport-komplett.de
- ^ Yury Suslin at Sports Reference
- ^ Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer m.Stm.)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ Юниоры на Московской регате Archived 3 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine at rowinghistory.ru
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