Yury Suslin Explained

Yury Suslin
Birth Name:	Yury Nikolaevich Suslin
Birth Date:	19 May 1935
Height:	1.85m (06.07feet)
Weight:	93kg (205lb)
Sport:	Rowing
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Yury Nikolaevich Suslin (Russian: Юрий Николаевич Суслин; 19 May 1935 – 7 October 2020)^[1] 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^[2] and finished fifth at the 1964 Summer Olympics.^[3] Suslin competed at the 1961 European Rowing Championships with the coxed four and won silver.^[4]

His younger brother Viktor is also a retired Olympic rower.^[5]

Notes and References

1. https://old23.rowingrussia.ru/blog/2020/10/07/ushel-iz-zhizni-yurij-nikolaevich-suslin/ Ушел из жизни Юрий Николаевич Суслин
2. http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/r/rudern/hst/69.html Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Achter)
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418084819/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/su/yury-suslin-1.html Yury Suslin
4. Web site: Heckert . Karlheinz . Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer m.Stm.) . Sport Komplett . 28 December 2017 . de.
5. http://www.rowinghistory.ru/regaty/yuniory-na-moskovskoj-regate.html Юниоры на Московской регате