Aleksandr Rogov (March 27, 1956 – October 1, 2004) was a

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who competed in the mid-1970s. At the

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, he won the gold in the C-1 500 m event. Rogov was born in

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1956 births 2004 deaths Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Soviet male canoeists Olympic canoeists for the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in canoeing Russian male canoeists Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub