Yury Alekseyevich Kashirin (russian: Юрий Алексеевич Каширин; born 20 January 1959) is a retired Soviet cyclist who specialized in road racing. He was part of the Soviet team that won the time trial event at the

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. Individually, he finished in 23rd place in the road race, helping Sergei Sukhoruchenkov and Yury Barinov to win the race. He also won a silver and a bronze medal in the team time trial at the

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and

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. Between 1979 and 1984 Kashirin took part in several international competitions, winning the

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in 1979 and 1982 and the

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in 1983. He retired in 1986 and worked as a cycling coach. In 1987 he led the junior and in 1988 the senior Soviet teams. He then worked with the national teams of Egypt and Canada, preparing the Canadian team for three Olympic Games. In 2008 he returned to Russia.

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1959 births Living people Soviet male cyclists Russian male cyclists Olympic cyclists of the Soviet Union Cyclists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in cycling Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union People from Liskinsky District UCI Road World Champions (elite men) Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism alumni Sportspeople from Voronezh Oblast {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub