Viktor Suslin (rower)

Viktor Suslin
Personal information
Born19 July 1944 (1944-07-19) (age 80)
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight99 kg (218 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1968 Mexico City Eight
World Rowing Championships
1966 Bled Eight
1966 Bled Coxless pair
European Rowing Championships
1967 Vichy Eight
1971 Copenhagen Coxed four

Viktor Nikolaevich Suslin (Russian: Виктор Николаевич Суслин; born 19 July 1944) is a retired Russian rower who specialized in the eights. In this event he won bronze medals at the 1968 Summer Olympics and 1967 European Championships and a silver at the 1966 World Rowing Championships.[1][2] His elder brother Yury is also a retired Olympic rower.[3]

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