Yury Suslin

Yury Nikolaevich Suslin (Russian: Юрий Николаевич Суслин; born 19 May 1935) is a retired Russian rower who specialised in the eights. In this event he won two silver medals at the European championships of 1963–1964[1] and finished fifth at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[2] Suslin competed at the 1961 European Rowing Championships with the coxed four and won silver.[3]

Yury Suslin
Personal information
Birth nameYury Nikolaevich Suslin
Born19 May 1935 (1935-05-19) (age 88)
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight93 kg (205 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
European Rowing Championships
Silver medal – second place 1957 Duisburg Coxed four
Silver medal – second place 1961 Prague Coxless four
Silver medal – second place 1963 Copenhagen Eight
Silver medal – second place 1964 Amsterdam Eight
Bronze medal – third place 1965 Duisburg Coxless pair

His younger brother Viktor is also a retired Olympic rower.[4]

Soviet eight at the 1964 European Championships, Suslin is in the middle

References
  1. Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Achter) at sport-komplett.de
  2. Yury Suslin at Sports Reference
  3. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer m.Stm.)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  4. Юниоры на Московской регате Archived 3 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine at rowinghistory.ru
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