Anatoly Nikolayevich Demitkov (27 May 1926 – 15 August 2005) was a

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canoeist. He took the silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, wh ...

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together with Mikhail Kaaleste. They went on to win the European Championship in 1957 and took third place at the 1958 Flatwater Racing World Championship in

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Biography

Anatoly Nikolayevich Demitkov was born on 27 May 1926 and fought in the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian language, Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist R ...

during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

.Demitkov, Anatoly Nikolayevich.
Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health. Retrieved 2 February 2012. He began his sports career with

DSO Spartak DSO may refer to: Organisations * Defence Science Organisation, now known as DSO National Laboratories, Singapore * Defense Sciences Office, part of the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency * Directorate of Special Operations, a South Afr ...

. Anatoly Demitkov and his doubles partner Mikhail Kaaleste competed in the K-2 1000 m event at the

, Australia after finishing first in their qualifying heat in 3:55.1. They subsequently took the

silver medal A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, e ...

for their second-place finish in 3:51.4, coming behind

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Michael Scheuer and

Meinrad Miltenberger Meinrad Miltenberger (6 December 1924, Herdecke, Westphalia – 10 September 1993, Herdecke) was a German sprint canoer who competed in the 1950s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Melbou ...

, who finished 1.7 seconds faster in 3:49.6.Wallechinsky, David (2004). ''The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics: 2004 Athens Edition.'' Wilmington, Delaware: Sports Media Publishing. p. 712. . They went on to win a gold medal at the 1957 European Championship. Kaaleste and Demitkov finished third at the K-2 1000 m event at the 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships (Flatwater Racing World Championship) in

in 1958 and also took a second bronze for their K-4 1000 m finish at the same championship.''Medal Winners''.
International Canoe Federation. p. 16. He worked as a trainer for DSO Spartak in 1963-1986. Anatoly Demitkov died on 15 August 2005.

Honours and awards

* Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class *

Order of the Badge of Honour The Order of the Badge of Honour (russian: орден «Знак Почёта», orden "Znak Pochyota") was a civilian award of the Soviet Union. It was established on 25 November 1935, and was conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding ...

* Medal "For the Defence of the Soviet Transarctic" * Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

References

External links

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Anatoly Demitkov's profile at Sports Reference.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Demitkov, Anatoly 1926 births 2005 deaths Canoeists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists of the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in canoeing Russian male canoeists Soviet male canoeists Soviet military personnel of World War II ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union