Valentin Vasilevich Boreyko (russian: Валентин Васильевич Борейко; 7 October 1933 – 27 December 2012) was a Russian rower who competed for the

Soviet Union 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 national ...

in 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 ...

and in the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ...

. (Russian) He was born in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. In 1960 he and his partner

Oleg Golovanov Oleg Sergeevich Golovanov (russian: Олег Серге́евич Голованов; 17 December 1934 – 24 May 2019) was a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1960 Summer Olympics and in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He was b ...

won the gold medal in the coxless pair event. Fours years later he and

were eliminated in the repêchage of the coxless pair competition.

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* 1933 births 2012 deaths Russian male rowers Soviet male rowers Olympic rowers of the Soviet Union Rowers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in rowing World Rowing Championships medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Burials at Serafimovskoe Cemetery European Rowing Championships medalists {{USSR-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub