Yuri Tyukalov
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Yuri Sergeevich Tyukalov (born July 4, 1930) was an Olympic Champion Rower who competed for the USSR
. He was born in Leningrad
.
Tyukalov trained at VSS Trud in Leningrad
. He won a Gold Medal in the Single Scull at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki beating defending Olympic Champion Mervyn Wood
of Australia
, along with other favorites such as Teodor Kocerka
of Poland who finished third, and American John B. Kelly, Jr.
Prior to the 1956 Summer Olympics, Tyukalov was beaten by the Russian prodigy Vyacheslav Ivanov
who was selected to represent the Soviet Union in the Single Scull. Tyukalov then teamed with Aleksandr Berkutov
to race the Double Scull.
At the 1956 Games in Melbourne, Tyukalov and Berkutov won the Gold medal, beating the United States and Australia. At the 1960 games in Rome, Tyukalov and Berkutov won the silver. In 1968 Tyukalov was a coach of the USSR Olympic rowing team.
Tyukalov was awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour
(1957). He was also a notable sculptor.
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
. He was born in Leningrad
Leningrad
Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...
.
Tyukalov trained at VSS Trud in Leningrad
Leningrad
Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...
. He won a Gold Medal in the Single Scull at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki beating defending Olympic Champion Mervyn Wood
Mervyn Wood
Mervyn Thomas Wood, LVO, MBE, QPM was an Australian rower of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. He was a four-time Olympian and three-time Olympic medalist. He later rose to become the Police Commissioner of the New South Wales Police Force.-Biography:Wood was the youngest of four children born in...
of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, along with other favorites such as Teodor Kocerka
Teodor Kocerka
Teodor Kocerka was a Polish rower who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics, in the 1956 Summer Olympics, and in the 1960 Summer Olympics.He was born in Bydgoszcz and died in Warsaw....
of Poland who finished third, and American John B. Kelly, Jr.
John B. Kelly, Jr.
John Brendan Kelly, Jr. , also known as Kell Kelly or Jack Kelly, was an accomplished oarsman, a four-time Olympian, and an Olympic medal winner. He was also the son of triple Olympic gold medal winner John B. Kelly, Sr. In 1947, Kelly was awarded the James E...
Prior to the 1956 Summer Olympics, Tyukalov was beaten by the Russian prodigy Vyacheslav Ivanov
Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Ivanov
Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Ivanov is known to most of the non-Russian speaking world as Vyacheslav Ivanov, was one of the most accomplished rowers of his generation...
who was selected to represent the Soviet Union in the Single Scull. Tyukalov then teamed with Aleksandr Berkutov
Aleksandr Berkutov
Aleksandr Nikolaevich Berkutov is a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1956 Summer Olympics and in the 1960 Summer Olympics.He was born in Zubchaninovka, Samara Oblast....
to race the Double Scull.
At the 1956 Games in Melbourne, Tyukalov and Berkutov won the Gold medal, beating the United States and Australia. At the 1960 games in Rome, Tyukalov and Berkutov won the silver. In 1968 Tyukalov was a coach of the USSR Olympic rowing team.
Tyukalov was awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
The Order of the Red Banner of Labour was an order of the Soviet Union for accomplishments in labour and civil service. It is the labour counterpart of the military Order of the Red Banner. A few institutions and factories, being the pride of Soviet Union, also received the order.-History:The Red...
(1957). He was also a notable sculptor.