Leonid Drachevsky
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Born | Almaty, Kazakhstan | 5 April 1942
Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) |
Weight | 87 kg (192 lb) |
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Sport | Rowing |
Leonid Drachevsky (Russian name: Леонид Вадимович Драчевский; born 5 April 1942) is a Soviet rower from Kazakhstan. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City with the men's coxed pair where they qualified for the small final but did not start.[1][2]
Drachevsky later became a diplomat and served as ambassador of Russia to Poland from 1996 to 1999. In 1998 and 1999, he was a Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation.
References[]
- ^ "Leonid Drachewsky". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Leonid Drachevsky". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
Categories:
- 1942 births
- Living people
- Soviet male rowers
- Olympic rowers of the Soviet Union
- Rowers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Almaty
- Ambassadors of Russia to Poland
- Soviet rowing biography stubs
- Russian diplomat stubs