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Yuri Tyukalov
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's rowing | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | 1952 Helsinki | Single scull | |
| Gold | 1956 Melbourne | Double scull | |
| Silver | 1960 Rome | Double scull | |
Yuri Sergeevich Tyukalov (Russian: Юрий Сергеевич Тюкалов) (born July 4, 1930 in Leningrad) was an Olympic Champion Rower who competed for the USSR.
Tyukalov trained at VSS Trud in Leningrad. He won a Gold Medal in the Single Scull at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki beating defending Olympic Champion Mervyn Wood of Australia, along with other favorites such as Teodor Kocerka of Poland who finished third, and American John B. Kelly, Jr.
Prior to the 1956 Summer Olympics, Tyukalov was beaten by the Russian prodigy Vyacheslav Ivanov who was selected to represent the Soviet Union in the Single Scull. Tyukalov then teamed with Aleksandr Berkutov to race the Double Scull.
At the 1956 Games in Melbourne, Tyukalov and Berkutov won the Gold medal, beating the United States and Australia. At the 1960 games in Rome, Tyukalov and Berkutov won the silver. In 1968 Tyukalov was a coach of the USSR Olympic rowing team.
Tyukalov was awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1957). He was also a notable sculptor.
- (Russian) Biography
| Olympic champions in men's single sculls |
|---|
| 1912: William Kinnear | 1920: John B. Kelly, Sr. | 1924: Jack Beresford | 1928: Bobby Pearce | 1932: Bobby Pearce | 1936: Gustav Schafer | 1948: Mervyn Wood | 1952: Yuri Tyukalov | 1956: Vyacheslav Ivanov | 1960: Vyacheslav Ivanov | 1964: Vyacheslav Ivanov | 1968: Henri Jan Wienese | 1972: Yuri Malishev | 1976: Pertti Karppinen | 1980: Pertti Karppinen | 1984: Pertti Karppinen | 1988: Thomas Lange | 1992: Thomas Lange | 1996: Xeno Müller | 2000: Rob Waddell | 2004: Olaf Tufte |
Categories: 1930 births | Olympic rowers of the Soviet Union | Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour | Rowers at the 1952 Summer Olympics | Rowers at the 1956 Summer Olympics | Rowers at the 1960 Summer Olympics | Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union | Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union | Living people