Hryhoriy Mykolayovych Dmytrenko ( uk, Григорій Миколайович Дмитренко, born 1 July 1945) is a
Ukrainian
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former
rower
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who competed for the
Soviet Union
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in the
1980 Summer Olympics and for
Ukraine
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in the
1996 Summer Olympics
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.
In 1980 he was the
coxswain
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of the Soviet boat which won the bronze medal in the eights event. At the
1986 World Rowing Championships
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Medal summary
Looking at the open weight classes only, East Germany was the most successful nation ...
in
Nottingham
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, he won a silver medal with the eight.
Twelve years later he coxed the
Ukrainian
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boat which finished tenth in the
1996 eight competition.
References
1945 births
Living people
Ukrainian male rowers
Soviet male rowers
Coxswains (rowing)
Olympic rowers for the Soviet Union
Olympic rowers for Ukraine
Rowers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
Olympic medalists in rowing
Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
World Rowing Championships medalists for the Soviet Union
Sportspeople from Zhytomyr Oblast
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