Geishtor in 2011 | ||
Medal record | ||
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Men's canoe sprint | ||
Representing Soviet Union | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1960 Rome | C-2 1000 m | |
World Championships | ||
1963 Jajce | C-2 10000 m |
Leonid Grigorievich Geishtor; also Geyshtor [1] ( Russian: Леонид Григорьевич Гейштор) (born October 15, 1936, in Homel, Belarusian SSR) is a Soviet-born Belarusian sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. [1]
Geishtor is Jewish. [2] He trained at Vodnik in Gomel. [3] Along with teammate Sergei Makarenko, Geishtor won the first Olympic gold medal by a Belarusian competitor. [4] The two won the C-2 1000 m event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
Geishtor was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor in 1960. [3]
Paired with Makarenko, he also won a gold medal in the C-2 10000 m event at the 1963 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Jajce. [5]
Geishtor in 2011 | ||
Medal record | ||
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Men's canoe sprint | ||
Representing Soviet Union | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1960 Rome | C-2 1000 m | |
World Championships | ||
1963 Jajce | C-2 10000 m |
Leonid Grigorievich Geishtor; also Geyshtor [1] ( Russian: Леонид Григорьевич Гейштор) (born October 15, 1936, in Homel, Belarusian SSR) is a Soviet-born Belarusian sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. [1]
Geishtor is Jewish. [2] He trained at Vodnik in Gomel. [3] Along with teammate Sergei Makarenko, Geishtor won the first Olympic gold medal by a Belarusian competitor. [4] The two won the C-2 1000 m event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
Geishtor was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor in 1960. [3]
Paired with Makarenko, he also won a gold medal in the C-2 10000 m event at the 1963 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Jajce. [5]