Leonid Geishtor Explained

Leonid Grigorievich Geishtor; also Geyshtor (Russian: Леонид Григорьевич Гейштор) (born October 15, 1936, in Homel, Belarusian SSR) is a Soviet-born Belarusian sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s.^[1]

Life and career

Geishtor is Jewish.^[2] He trained at Vodnik in Gomel.^[3] Along with teammate Sergei Makarenko, Geishtor won the first Olympic gold medal by a Belarusian competitor.^[4] The two won the C-2 1000 m event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.

Geishtor was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor in 1960.^[3]

Paired with Makarenko, he also won a gold medal in the C-2 10000 m event at the 1963 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Jajce.^[5]

See also

• List of select Jewish canoeists

Notes and References

1. Leonid Geyshtor . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418070440/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ge/leonid-geyshtor-1.html . dead . April 18, 2020 . February 1, 2011.
2. http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Sport/Jews_in_Sport_in_the_USSR Jews in Sport in the USSR
3. Book: All about Olympic Games. . Boris Khavin . . 2nd . 540 . 1979 . Moscow . Russian.
4. http://www.noc.by/eng/nokrb/htdocs/1/ National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus
5. Web site: Leonid Geishtor.