Yuri Nikolayevich Filatov is a Soviet

Soviet Union

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-born Ukrainian

Ukraine

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 sprint canoer

Canoe racing

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 who competed in the 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two gold medals in the K-4 1000 m event, earning them in 1972

1972 Summer Olympics

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 and 1976

1976 Summer Olympics

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...

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Filatov also won four medals in the K-4 1000 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (1970, 1971) and two silvers (1973, 1974

1974 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships

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