Leonid Rakovshchik

Leonid Rakovshchik
Personal information
Born 2 November 1938 (1938-11-02) (age 77)
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 91 kg (201 lb)
Sport
Sport Rowing
Club Spartak Moscow

Leonid Maksimovich Rakovshchik (Russian: Леонид Максимович Раковщик, born 2 November 1938) is a retired Russian rower who had his best achievements in the coxed pairs, together with Nikolay Safronov and Igor Rudakov. In this event they won two European medals in 1964 and 1965[1] and finished fourth at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[2] His wife Tatyana Markvo also competed internationally in rowing.

References

Rakovshchik, Safronov and Rudakov at the 1964 European Championships
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