Yury Suslin

Yury Nikolaevich Suslin (Russian: Юрий Николаевич Суслин, born 19 May 1935) is a retired Russian rower who specialised in the eights. In this event he won two silver medals at the European championships of 1963–1964[1] and finished fifth at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[2] Suslin competed at the 1961 European Rowing Championships with the coxed four and won silver.[3]

Yury Suslin

Personal information
Birth name	Yury Nikolaevich Suslin
Born	19 May 1935 (age 85)
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	93 kg (205 lb)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union European Rowing Championships 1957 Duisburg Coxed four 1961 Prague Coxless four 1963 Copenhagen Eight 1964 Amsterdam Eight 1965 Duisburg Coxless pair

His younger brother Viktor is also a retired Olympic rower.[4]

Soviet eight at the 1964 European Championships, Suslin is in the middle

References

1. Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Achter) at sport-komplett.de
2. Yury Suslin at Sports Reference
3. Heckert, Karlheinz. "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Vierer m.Stm.)" (in German). Sport Komplett. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
4. Юниоры на Московской регате Archived 3 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine at rowinghistory.ru