Pavel Petrovich Kharin (russian: Павел Петрович Харин; 8 June 1927 – 6 March 2023) was a Soviet

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who competed in the 1950s. Competing in two

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, he won two medals at Melbourne in

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with a gold in the C-2 10000 m and a silver in the C-2 1000 m events. Kharin died on 6 March 2023, at the age of 95.

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Pavel Kharin's profile at Sports Reference.comArticle on Pavel Kharin's 90th birthday
1927 births 2023 deaths Canoeists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Soviet male canoeists Olympic canoeists of the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in canoeing Russian male canoeists Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Sportspeople from Saint Petersburg {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub