Aleksander Tšutšelov (26 April 1933 – 1 January 2017) was an

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. While the term ''sailor'' ...

who started with sailing at 1946. He won a silver medal for the

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in the '' Finn class'' at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar ...

. Tšutšelov died on 1 January 2017, aged 83.

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* * * * * 1933 births 2017 deaths Estonian male sailors (sport) Soviet male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in sailing Sailors at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Finn Sailors at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Finn Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Estonian people of Russian descent Sailors (sport) from Tallinn {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub