Andrei Wassiljewitsch Balaschow
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| silver | Montreal 1976 | Finn dinghy |
| bronze | Moscow 1980 | Finn dinghy |
Andrei Wassiljewitsch Balaschow ( Russian Андрей Васильевич Балашов , born March 22, 1946 in Leningrad , † October 21, 2009 in Moscow ) was a Soviet sailor .
successes
Andrei Balashov took part in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal and 1980 in Moscow in the boat class Finn Dinghy part. After six of seven races in 1976 Balaschow was tied with Jochen Schümann at the top of the overall ranking. However, Balaschow finished the seventh race in fifth behind the third-placed Schümann, which means he missed the Olympic victory and received the silver medal. Bronze went to John Bertrand , who also had a chance of winning the gold medal. Four years later Balaschow won two of the seven races and made it onto the podium again in third place. With 47.4 points he won the bronze medal behind Esko Rechardt and Wolfgang Mayrhofer . Balashov won several Soviet championship titles in the Finn dinghy.
Web links
- Andrei Balashov in the database of World Sailing (English)
- Andrei Balaschow in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Balaschow, Andrei Wassiljewitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Балашов, Андрей Васильевич (Cyrillic); Balashov, Andrei |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | soviet sailor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 22, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leningrad , Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , Soviet Union |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 21, 2009 |
| Place of death | Moscow , Russia |