Stepan Mikhaylovich Oschepkov (; 9 January 1934 – 3 January 2012) was a

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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 late 1950s and the early 1960s. He was born in

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, Primorsky Kray. Oschepkov won a gold medal in the C-2 10000 m event at the

1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Prague, Czechoslovakia. This event was held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation. The men's competition consisted of four Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine ka ...

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. At the

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, he won the gold in the C-2 1000 m event. He died in Vladivostok, on 3 January 2012, at age 77.

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1934 births 2012 deaths Canoeists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian Russian male canoeists Soviet male canoeists Sportspeople from Vladivostok Olympic medalists in canoeing Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{USSR-canoe-bio-stub