Anatoliy Sass

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Anatoliy Sass
Personal information
Birth nameAnatoly Fomich Sass
Born (1935-12-22) 22 December 1935 (age 86)
Moscow
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1968 Mexico City Double sculls
European Rowing Championships
Silver medal – second place 1965 Duisburg Single sculls

Anatoly Fomich Sass (Russian: Анатолий Фомич Сасс, born 22 December 1935) is a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics.

He was born in Moscow.[1]

At the 1964 Olympics, he was a crew member of the Soviet boat which finished seventh in the coxless four event.[1] 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.[2][3] At the 1968 Olympics, he and his partner Aleksandr Timoshinin won the gold medal in the double sculls event.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Anatoly Sass". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Iwanow nicht am Start". Neue Zeit (in German). 20 (194). 20 August 1965. p. 5. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  3. ^ Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Einer)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 21 January 2018.

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