Gennady Bukharin

Gennady Ivanovich Bukharin (Russian: Геннадий Иванович Бухарин; 16 March 1929 – 3 November 2020) was a Russian Soviet sprint canoeist.[1]

Gennady Bukharin
Bukharin (left) at the 1956 Olympics
Personal information
Born(1929-03-16)16 March 1929
Rybnaya Sloboda, Tatarstan, Russia
Died3 November 2020(2020-11-03) (aged 91)
Sport
SportCanoe sprint
ClubDynamo Moscow
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place1956 MelbourneC-1 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place1956 MelbourneC-1 10000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1958 PragueC-1 1000 m
Gold medal – first place1958 PragueC-1 10000 m

He won the individual 1000 m and 10,000 m events at the 1958 World Championships and placed third in both at the 1956 Olympics.[2]

References

  1. "Gennady Bukharin". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  2. Gennady Bukharin Archived 25 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Sports-reference.com


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