Leonid Geishtor - Biography

Leonid Grigorievich Geishtor (Леонид Григорьевич Гейштор) (born October 15, 1936, in Homel, Homel, Belarus) is a Soviet-born Belarusian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Life and career

Geishtor is Jewish. He trained at Vodnik in Gomel. Along with teammate Sergei Makarenko, Geishtor won the first Olympic gold medal by a Belarusian competitor. The two won the C-2 1000 m event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.

Geishtor was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor in 1960.

He also won a gold medal in the C-2 10000 m event at the 1963 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Jajce.

See also

• List of select Jewish canoers

• DatabaseOlympics.profile
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007.
• ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007.
• Sports-reference.com profile (As Leonid Geyshtor)