Oleg Grigorevich Tyurin (, 29 June 1937 – 3 March 2010) was a Russian rower who had his best achievements in the

double scull A double scull, also abbreviated as a 2x, is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two persons who propel the boat by sculling with two oars each, one in each hand. Racing boats (often called "shells") ar ...

s, partnering with

Boris Dubrovskiy Boris Yakovlevich Dubrovsky (, 8 October 1939 – 14 August 2023) was a Russian rower who had his best achievements in the double scull A double scull, also abbreviated as a 2x, is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It ...

. In this event, they won an Olympic gold in 1964 and four medals at European and world championships in 1962–1965. Tyurin was born and raised in Saint Petersburg, but was invited to train in Moscow and join Dubrovsky in double sculls. After retiring from competitions he returned to St. Petersburg where he worked as a rowing coach.

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* 1937 births 2010 deaths Russian male rowers Soviet male rowers Olympic rowers for the Soviet Union 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 1964 Summer Olympics European Rowing Championships medalists 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-rowing-bio-stub