Yekaterina Kuryshko (russian: Екатерина Курышко; born 12 April 1949) is a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...

sprint canoer who competed in the early 1970s. At the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

, she won a gold medal in the K-2 500 m event. Kuryshko also won two medals at the

1971 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 1971 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. The men's competition consisted of six canoe (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Three events were held for women, all in kayak. C-1 500 m and C-2 500 m ...

in Belgrade with a gold in the K-4 500 m event and a bronze in the K-2 500 m event.

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* 1949 births Living people Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Soviet female canoeists Olympic medalists in canoeing Ukrainian female canoeists Dynamo Sports Club sportspeople Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Sportspeople from Poltava Oblast {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub