Yuri Sergeyevich Tjukalov

Yuri Sergejewitsch Tjukalow ( Russian Юрий Сергеевич Тюкалов ; born July 4, 1930 in Leningrad , † February 19, 2018 in Saint Petersburg ) was a Soviet rower . He won two Olympic gold medals.

Career

In 1948 Tjukalow was together with Kirsanow for the first time Soviet champion in double sculls, from 1951 to 1953 he was Soviet champion in singles. At the Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952 he was completely unknown to his opponents. He defeated the Australian defending champion Mervyn Wood and the Pole Teodor Kocerka in the final . Tyukalov was the first Soviet Olympic champion in rowing.

At the Soviet championship in 1955, Tjukalow won in a single ahead of Alexander Berkutow and the young Vyacheslav Ivanov . After Ivanov became Soviet champion in 1956, Tjukalow and Berkutow avoided the double scull. They became European champions in 1956 and also won the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne.

Tjukalow and Berkutow were European champions from 1957 to 1959, where they won in 1959 in front of the Czechoslovak boat with Václav Kozák and Pavel Schmidt . At the 1960 Olympic Games, the Russians lost to Kozák and Schmidt. 1961 at the European Championships then won again Tjukalow and Berkutow, the Czechoslovaks were third.

Tyukalov, who had studied at the Leningrad Art Academy during his career, became a rowing coach after his career. In 1976 he was asked if he would like to create the "Victory Square" in Leningrad as a sculptor. Tyukalov ended his coaching career and became a sculptor. He worked on Victory Square for two years. He later created metal reliefs, for example on the monument in Borodino and on the Cathedral of Saint Petersburg.

successes

Olympic games

• 1952 : gold in one
• 1956 : Gold in a double scull
• 1960 : Silver in a double scull

European championships

• 1956: Gold in a double scull
• 1957: Gold in a double scull
• 1958: Gold in a double scull
• 1959: Gold in a double scull
• 1961: Gold in a double scull

literature

• Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 .

Web links

• Yuri Sergejewitsch Tjukalow in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual proof

1. ^ Two-time Olympic rowing champion Tyukalov dies . AFP message Vanguard News, February 19, 2018, accessed February 22, 2018.