Yuriy Vinogradov (; 16 April 1927 – 25 June 1999) was 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
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who competed in the late 1950s. He won a bronze medal in the C-1 1000 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 ...
in
Prague
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,
Czechoslovakia
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(now
Czech Republic
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). He was the father and coach of two-time Olympic champion
Aleksandr Vinogradov.
External links
Profile at Infosport.ru
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1927 births
1999 deaths
Soviet male canoeists
Russian male canoeists
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian
20th-century Russian sportsmen
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