Yevgeney Yatsinenko (January 8, 1925 – December 15, 2013) 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 late 1950s. He won a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the
1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Prague, Czechoslovakia. This event was held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation.
The men's competition consisted of four Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine ka ...
in
Prague. Yatsinenko also finish fifth in the
K-2 10000 m event at the
1956 Summer Olympics
The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...
in
Melbourne.
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Yevgeny Yatsinenko's profile at Sports Reference.comYevgeny Yatsinenko's obituary
1925 births
2013 deaths
Canoeists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Olympic canoeists for the Soviet Union
Soviet male canoeists
Russian male canoeists
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
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