Valentin Vasilevich Boreyko (russian: Валентин Васильевич Борейко; 7 October 1933 – 27 December 2012) was a
Russian
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rower
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who competed for the
Soviet Union
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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.
[ (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 won the gold medal in the
coxless pair event. Fours years later he and
Oleg Golovanov 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
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