Oleg Sergeevich Golovanov (; 17 December 1934 – 24 May 2019) was a

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...

who competed for the

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in 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 ...

and in the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subseq ...

. He was born in

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. In 1960 he and his partner

Valentin Boreyko Valentin Vasilevich Boreyko (; 7 October 1933 – 27 December 2012) was a Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian rowing (sport), rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics. ...

won the gold medal in the coxless pair event. Fours years later he and

were eliminated in the repêchage of the coxless pair competition.

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* 1934 births 2019 deaths Russian male rowers Soviet male rowers Olympic rowers for the Soviet Union Rowers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in rowing World Rowing Championships medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics European Rowing Championships medalists 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-rowing-bio-stub