Viktor Mikheyev ( Russian: Виктор Михеев; born 19 April 1942) is a Soviet coxswain from Moscow. Mikheyev was born in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR. At the

1965 European Rowing Championships The 1965 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on the Wedau regatta course in the West German city of Duisburg. This edition of the European Rowing Championships was held from 20 to 22 August for women, and from 26 to 29 Aug ...

in Duisburg, he won silver with the men's eight. At the

1966 World Rowing Championships The 1966 World Rowing Championships was the second time that world championships in rowing were held. The regatta was held from 8 to 11 September at Lake Bled in Bled, Slovenia, Yugoslavia. There were 613 rowers from 32 countries who competed ...

in Bled, he won silver with the men's eight. At the

1967 European Rowing Championships The 1967 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on Lake Allier, a reservoir in the Allier River adjacent to the French city of Vichy. This edition of the European Rowing Championships was held from 1 to 3 September for women ...

in Vichy, he won silver with the men's eight. He competed at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

in Mexico City with the men's coxed four where they came sixth. At the

1970 World Rowing Championships The 1970 World Rowing Championships was the 3rd World Rowing Championships. It was held in 1970 at the Royal Canadian Henley Rowing Course in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. The competition involved seven events. Prior to the 4th World Rowing ...

St. Catharines St. Catharines is the largest city in Canada's Niagara Region and the sixth largest urban area in the province of Ontario. As of 2016, it has an area of , 136,803 residents, and a metropolitan population of 406,074. It lies in Southern Ontario ...

, he won a silver medal with the men's eight. At the

1971 European Rowing Championships The 1971 European Rowing Championships were rowing championships held on Lake Bagsværd in the Danish capital Copenhagen. There were seven competitions for men and five for women, and the most successful nation was East Germany with five gold med ...

in Copenhagen, he won bronze with the men's eight. At the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

in Munich, he came fourth with the men's eight. Winner of the Henley Royal Regatta in the men's eight in 1972. 7-time champion of the USSR in rowing. Master of Sports of the USSR of international class.

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1942 births Living people Soviet male rowers Olympic rowers for the Soviet Union Rowers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Tashkent Coxswains (rowing) World Rowing Championships medalists for the Soviet Union European Rowing Championships medalists {{USSR-rowing-bio-stub