Yuri Stetsenko (sometimes listed as Yuriy Zhetchenko, born April 11, 1945) is a Soviet

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-born Ukrainian

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 sprint canoer

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 who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the K-4 1000 m event at Munich

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 in 1972

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Stetsenko also won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds (K-2 1000 m: 1966, K-4 1000 m: 1970, 1971) and a bronze (K-4 1000 m: 1966).