Yuri Evgenevich Lorenzson

Yuri Evgenjewitsch Lorenzson ( Russian Юрий Евгеньевич Лоренцсон ; born December 2, 1930 in Leningrad ; † 2003 ) was a Soviet rower . The 1.71 m tall helmsman took part in five Olympic regattas and won two medals.

Athletic career

Lorenzson, who competed for Trud Leningrad , was eliminated from the 1960 Olympic Games with the Soviet eighth in the hope run . Two years later he was the helmsman of the newly assembled eight , which won the silver medal behind the Germany eight at the 1962 World Championships . At the European Championships in 1963 and 1964 , the Germany eighth won ahead of the Soviet eighth with Juri Lorenzson. At the Olympic Regatta in 1964 , the Soviet eighth finished fifth.

In 1967 Wolodymyr Sterlyk , Antanas Bagdonavičius , Zigmas Jukna and Juozas Jagelavičius and Juri Lorenzson from the eighth of 1964 won the European Championships in 1967 in a four with helmsman . The 1967 European championship crew sat in the Soviet eight at the 1968 Olympic Games and won the bronze medal behind the Germany eight and the Australians.

Four years later, Lorenzson drove the Soviet two-man helmsman at the Olympic Games in Munich with Vladimir Jeschinow and Nikolai Ivanov , who took fifth place. The following year Lorenzson won the bronze medal with the Soviet eighth at the European Championships in 1973 behind the boats from the GDR and from Czechoslovakia. At the end of his career, Lorenzson won the silver medal in two behind the boat from the GDR at the 1976 Olympic Games together with Dmitri Bechterew and Yuri Schurkalow .

Web links

• Yuri Evgenjewitsch Lorenzson in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Juri Evgenjewitsch Lorenzson at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
• Rowing World Championships in figure eight on sport-komplett.de
• European rowing championships in figure eight on sport-komplett.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ European championships in four with a helmsman on sport-komplett.de