Name Aleksandr Lukyanov | Role Olympic athlete | |
Born August 19, 1949 (age 74) ( 1949-08-19 ) Moscow | ||
Aleksandr Viktorovich Lukyanov (Russian: Александр Викторович Лукьянов, born August 19, 1949) is a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1976 Summer Olympics, in the 1980 Summer Olympics, and in the 1988 Summer Olympics and for Russia in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
He was born in Moscow.
In 1976 he was the coxswain of the Soviet boat which won the gold medal in the coxed fours event.
Four years later he won the silver medal as cox of the Soviet boat in the coxed pairs competition.
At the 1988 Games he won his second silver medal when he coxed the Soviet eights.
In Atlanta at the 1996 Olympics he represented Russia and won the bronze medal as part of the Russian boat in the eights contest.
His final Olympic appearance was at the Sydney Games where he finished ninth with the Russian boat in the 2000 eights event.