Vitaly Kurdchenko

Vitaly Kurdchenko

Personal information
Born	23 September 1940 Moscow, Russia
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	Spartak Moscow
Medal record Competitor for the  Soviet Union World Rowing Championships 1966 Bled Coxed fours European Rowing Championships 1964 Amsterdam Coxed fours 1965 Duisburg Coxed fours 1969 Klagenfurt Coxed eights

Vitaly Dmitriyevich Kurdchenko (Russian: Виталий Дмитриевич Курдченко, born 23 September 1940) is a retired Russian rower who had his best achievements in the coxed fours, partnering with Vladimir Yevseyev, Anatoly Tkachuk, Boris Kuzmin and Anatoly Luzgin. In this event, they won two European titles and a silver medal at the 1966 World Rowing Championships;^[1] they finished in fifth place at the 1964 Summer Olympics.^[2] Kurdchenko also competed in the coxed eights and won a European silver in 1969.^[1]

References

1. Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften – Vierer mit Steuermann – Herren, Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Achter), Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Achter). sport-komplett.de
2. Vitaly Kurdchenko. sports-reference.com

Luzgin, Yevseyev, Tkachuk, Kuzmin and Kurdchenko at the 1964 European Championships