Mikhail Kaaleste
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Nationality | Estonian | |||||||||||||||||||
Born | Väike-Vertuskino, Saatse Vald, Petseri County, Estonia | 20 August 1931|||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | canoe sprint | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mikhail Kaaleste (born Mihail Stolär; 20 August 1931)[1] is an Estonian sprint canoeist who competed in 1950s. He won a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.[2][3]
Kaaleste changed his last name in 1940 from Stolär. Originally going into cross-country skiing, he was changed to sprint canoeing by his coaches at Dynamo Sports Club. After winning a silver medal in Melbourne, Kaaleste won two bronze medals at the 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Prague (K-2 1000 m, K-4 1000 m). He also won several medals in the Soviet Union in cross-country skiing in the 1950s.[4]
In 1964, he became coach for the Dynamo Leningrad biathlon and cross-country skiing. Kaaleste's wife, Anna, finished ninth in the 10 km cross-country skiing event at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
References[]
- ^ ESBL Kaaleste, Mihhail. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ Федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение высшего профессионального образования Национальный государственный Университет физической культуры, спорта и здоровья имени П. Ф. Лесгафта Archived 2014-10-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Динамо. Энциклопедия
- ^ Postimees
External links[]
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-01-21). Additional archives: Wayback Machine.
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
- Sports-reference.com profile
- 1931 births
- Living people
- Canoeists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Estonian male canoeists
- Estonian male cross-country skiers
- Olympic canoeists of the Soviet Union
- Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- Soviet male canoeists
- Soviet male cross-country skiers
- Olympic medalists in canoeing
- ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health alumni