Pavel Petrovich Kharin (russian: Павел Петрович Харин; 8 June 1927 – 6 March 2023) was a Soviet
sprint canoeist
Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water.
Overview
Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...
who competed in the 1950s. Competing in two
Summer Olympics
The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...
, he won two medals at
Melbourne in
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...
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.
References
Sources
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
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