Viktor Omelyanovych

Viktor Ivanovich Omeljanowytsch ( Ukrainian Віктор Іванович Омелянович ; born April 13, 1958 in Dnipropetrovsk , Ukrainian SSR ) is a former Soviet rower who won an Olympic silver medal in 1988 in eighth .

The Ukrainian Omeljanowytsch rowed at the 1981 World Championships in Munich in a foursome with helmsman together with Latvians Dzintars Krišjānis , Dimants Krišjānis , Žoržs Tikmers and helmsman Juris Bērziņš to the bronze medal behind the boats from the GDR and the USA. At the 1982 World Championships in Lucerne , the five from the steered four from 1981 and four rowers from the world champion eight from 1981 competed together in eight and won the bronze medal behind the boats from New Zealand and the GDR.

Three years later, at the 1985 World Championships in Hazewinkel, in addition to Omeljanowytsch, Viktor Diduk from the eighth of 1982 was part of the crew that became world champion with the Soviet eighth in the year after the Olympic boycott . In 1986 in Nottingham , the Australian eight won, the Soviet crew won the silver medal. In 1987 the Soviet four-man with helmsman rowed with Viktor Omeljanowytsch, Mykola Komarow , Wassyl Romanyschyn , Valentin Gerasimenko and helmsman Hryhorij Dmytrenko behind the boat from the GDR to second place at the World Championships in Copenhagen . At the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988 , a completely newly assembled eighth competed for the Soviet Union and won the silver medal behind the Germany eighth , but ahead of the US eighth with eight world champions from 1987. The crew from 1988 consisted of Viktor Omeljanowytsch and Vasily Tichonow , Andrei Wassiljew , Pawel Gurkowsky , Mykola Komarow, Weniamin But , Wiktor Diduk, Alexander Dumtschew , and helmsman Alexander Lukjanow .

Web links

• Viktor Omeljanowytsch at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
• Viktor Omeljanowytsch in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )