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Leonid Grigorievich Geishtor; also Geyshtor () (born October 15, 1936, in
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sprint canoeist Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance. Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing. The term is still in use today ...
who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s.


Life and career

Geishtor is Jewish. He trained at
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. Along with teammate
Sergei Makarenko Sergei Lavrentyevich Makarenko (born 11 September 1937) is a retired Soviet sprint canoeist Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance. Pr ...
, Geishtor won the first Olympic gold medal by a Belarusian competitor.National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus
. Retrieved 20 January 2007. The two won the C-2 1000 m event at the
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. Geishtor was awarded the
Order of the Badge of Honor The Order of the Badge of Honour () 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 achievements in sports, production, scientific research and socia ...
in 1960. Paired with Makarenko, he also won a gold medal in the C-2 10000 m event at the
1963 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 1963 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Jajce, Yugoslavia (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina). This event was held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation. The men's competition consisted of four Canadian (singl ...
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See also

* List of select Jewish canoeists


References

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* * * 1936 births Belarusian male canoeists Canoeists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Jewish Belarusian sportspeople Living people Olympic canoeists for the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Soviet male canoeists Soviet Jews Olympic medalists in canoeing Sportspeople from Gomel Canoeists from Gomel region ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inductees 20th-century Belarusian sportsmen {{USSR-canoe-bio-stub