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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 28. Chapters: Aivars Lazdenieks, Aleksandr Berkutov, Aleksandr Dumchev, Aleksandr Klepikov, Aleksandr Kulagin, Aleksandr Lukyanov, Aleksandr Martyshkin, Aleksandr Timoshinin, Aleksei Komarov, Aleksey Kamkin, Anatoly Sass, Anatoly Tarabrin, Andrey Luhin, Andrey Vasilyev, Andriy Tishchenko, Anna Kondrachina, Anna Pasokha, Antanas Bagdonavi ius, Antonina Pustovit, Antonina Zelikovich, Anushavan Gassan-Dzhalilov, Art rs Garonskis, Boris Dubrovsky, Dimants Kri j nis, Dmitri Bekhterev, Dzintars Kri j nis, Evgeni Barbakov, Evgeni Duleev, Galina Mishenina, Galina Sovetnikova, Gennadi Korshikov, Gennadi Kryuckin, Genovait Ramo kien, Georgiy Zhylin, Hrihoriy Dmytrenko, Igor Akhremchik, Igor Borisov, Igor Buldakov, Igor Polyakov, Igor Rudakov, Ihar Maystrenko, Ihor Yemchuk, Inna Frolova, Irina Kalimbet, Jonas Narmontas, Jonas Pinskus, Juozas Jagelavi ius, Juris B rzi, Juri Jaanson, Klavdija Ko enkova, Larisa Popova, Leonid Gissen, Leonora Kaminskait, Lidiya Krylova, Lyubov Talalaeva, Lyudmila Krokhina, Marina Studneva, Marina Znak, Mariya Fadeyeva, Mariya Payun, Mikhail Nikolayevich Kuznetsov (rower), Mira Bryunina, Mykola Dovhan, Mykola Komarov, Nadezhda Chernyshova, Nadezhda Lyubimova, Nadezhda Prishchepa, Nadezhda Roshchina, Nadezhda Sevostyanova, Nadiya Rozhon, Nelli Tarakanova, Nikolai Petrovich Ivanov, Nikolay Kuznetsov (rower), Nikolay Pimenov, Nina Cheremisina, Nina Frolova, Nina Preobrazhenskaya, Nina Umanets, Oleg Golovanov, Oleg Tyurin, Oleksandr Mantsevych, Oleksandr Marchenko, Oleksandr Tkachenko (rower), Olena Zubko, Olga Pivovarova, Olga Vasilchenko, Olha Huzenko, Olha Kolkova, Olha Puhovska, Pavlo Hurkovskiy, Raul Arnemann, Sergey Kinyakin, Slava Amiragov, Svetlana Maziy, Svetlana Semyonova, Tatyana Stetsenko, Valentina Zhulina, Valentin Boreyko, Valentin Morkovkin, Valentyn Kravchuk, Valeri Dolinin, Valeri Kleshnyov, Vasily Tikhonov, Vasil Yakusha, Veniamin But, Viktor Diduk, Viktor Kokoshyn, Viktor Nikolayevich Ivanov, Viktor Omelyanovich, Viktor Pereverzev, Viktor Suslin (rower), Vitali Eliseev, Vladimir Eshinov, Vladimir Kryukov, Vladimir Petrov (rower), Vladimir Rodimushkin, Volodymyr Sterlyk, Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Ivanov, Vytautas Briedis, Vytautas Butkus, Yelena Antonova (rower), Yelena Khloptseva, Yelena Matiyevskaya, Yelena Tereshina, Yevgeny Brago, Yevgeny Samsonov, Yuriy Shapochka, Yuri Bachurov, Yuri Lorentsson, Yuri Pimenov, Yuri Shurkalov, Yuri Tyukalov, Yuri Yakimov, Yury Alexandrovich Malyshev, Zigmas Jukna, or s Tikmers. Excerpt: Juri Jaanson (born 14 October 1965 in Tartu) is the most successful Estonian rower of all time and the winner of five medals at Rowing World Championships. He became World Champion in Tasmania 1990 in the single sculls event. 14 years later, at age 38 he won an Olympic silver medal in the single sculls event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. In Beijing 2008 he won his second Olympic silver medal, this time in the double sculls event with Tonu Endrekson. He is a member of the SK Parnu rowing club located in Parnu. In 2007, Jaanson became the oldest rower ever to win a World Cup event at the age of 41 in Amsterdam. He is among four athletes to compete in rowing at six Olympics, with Romanian Elisabeta Oleniuc Lip in 2004, Canadian Lesley Thompson (cox) in 2008, and Australian James Tomkins. On 18 November 2010, Jaanson announced ending his career. In July 2011 he was awarded with the Thomas Keller Medal, the highest honor in rowing. He is also member of Estonian parliament Riigikogu. Overall wins Vyacheslav Nikolayevich Ivanov (Russian: ) (born July 30, 1938, Moscow) is known to most of the non-Russian speaking world as Vyacheslav Ivanov, was one of the most accomplished rowers of his generation. He rowed for the Soviet Union, and he won the Olympic Gold medals in the single scull at 1956 Melbourne...