Leonid Grigorievich Geishtor; also Geyshtor (russian: Леонид Григорьевич Гейштор) (born October 15, 1936, in

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) is a

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-born

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ian sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Life and career

Geishtor is Jewish. He trained at

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. Along with teammate

Sergei Makarenko Sergei Lavrentyevich Makarenko (born 11 September 1937) is a retired Soviet sprint canoeist who competed from late 1950s to early 1960s. Together with Leonid Geishtor Leonid Grigorievich Geishtor; also Geyshtor (russian: Леонид ...

, Geishtor won the first Olympic gold medal by a Belarusian competitor.National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus
. Retrieved 20 January 2007. The two won the C-2 1000 m event at the

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. Geishtor was awarded the

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in 1960. He also won a gold medal in the C-2 10000 m event at the

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* * * 1936 births Belarusian male canoeists Canoeists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Jewish Belarusian sportspeople Living people Olympic canoeists of the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Soviet male canoeists Soviet Jews Olympic medalists in canoeing Sportspeople from Gomel ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inductees {{USSR-canoe-bio-stub

Life and career

See also

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