Oleg Zhegoyev is a

Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

sprint canoer 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 early 1970s. He won a gold medal in the K-1 4 x 500 m event at the

1973 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 1973 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in lake Kaukajärvi, Tampere, FinlandKaukajärvi Canoe/Kayak venue on map. The men's competition consisted of six Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Three events wer ...

Tampere Tampere is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Pirkanmaa. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Tampere is approximately , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the most populous mu ...

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* * Living people Soviet male canoeists Year of birth missing (living people) Russian male canoeists ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{USSR-canoe-bio-stub