Anatoliy Sass Explained

Anatoliy Sass
Birth Name:Anatoly Fomich Sass
Birth Date:22 December 1935
Birth Place:Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR
Sport:Rowing

Anatoly Fomich Sass (Russian: Анатолий Фомич Сасс; 22 December 1935 – 31 August 2023) was a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Anatoly Fomich Sass was born in Moscow on 22 December 1935.

At the 1964 Olympics, he was a crew member of the Soviet boat which finished seventh in the coxless four event. Sass stood in for the single sculls champion who was suffering from illness, Vyacheslav Ivanov, at the 1965 European Rowing Championships, where he won the silver medal.[1] [2] At the 1968 Olympics, he and his partner Aleksandr Timoshinin won the gold medal in the double sculls event.[3]

Sass died on 31 August 2023, at the age of 87.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Iwanow nicht am Start . 21 January 2018 . . 20 . 194 . 20 August 1965 . 5 . de . registration . 21 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180121071249/http://zefys.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/ddr-presse/ergebnisanzeige/?purl=SNP2612273X-19650820-0-5-61-0 . dead .
  2. Web site: Heckert . Karlheinz . Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Einer) . Sport Komplett . 21 January 2018. de.
  3. Anatoly Sass . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418085141/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/anatoly-sass-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 21 January 2018.
  4. Web site: На 88-м году жизни скончался олимпийский чемпион Анатолий Сасс - 31 августа 2023 - Sport24 . 31 August 2023 . sport24.ru . ru.