Yury Suslin

Yury Suslin
Personal information
BornYury Nikolaevich Suslin
(1935-05-19)19 May 1935
Died7 October 2020(2020-10-07) (aged 85)
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight93 kg (205 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
European Rowing Championships
Silver medal – second place1957 DuisburgCoxed four
Silver medal – second place1961 PragueCoxless four
Silver medal – second place1963 CopenhagenEight
Silver medal – second place1964 AmsterdamEight
Bronze medal – third place1965 DuisburgCoxless pair

Yury Nikolaevich Suslin (Russian: Юрий Николаевич Суслин; 19 May 1935 – 7 October 2020) was a retired Russian rower who specialised in the eights. In this event he won two silver medals at the European championships of 1963–1964 and finished fifth at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Suslin competed at the 1961 European Rowing Championships with the coxed four and won silver.

His younger brother Viktor is also a retired Olympic rower.

Soviet eight at the 1964 European Championships, Suslin is in the middle

References

  1. ↑ Ушел из жизни Юрий Николаевич Суслин (in Russian)
  2. ↑ Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Achter) at sport-komplett.de
  3. ↑ Yury Suslin at Sports Reference
  4. ↑ Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer m.Stm.)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  5. ↑ Юниоры на Московской регате Archived 3 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine at rowinghistory.ru