Nikolay "Mykolas" Rudzinskas (4 January 1933 – 29 April 2006) was a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

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who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He won a bronze medal in the K-4 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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. Rudzinskas also finished fourth in the K-2 1000 m event at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

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References

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Nikolay Rudzinkas profile at Sports Reference.comNikolay Rudzinkas' profile at Lietuvos sporto enciklopedija
1933 births 2006 deaths Canoeists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists of the Soviet Union Soviet male canoeists Russian male canoeists ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak {{USSR-canoe-bio-stub