Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Sport Rowing Name Boris Dubrovsky | Weight 74 kg (163 lb) Club CSKA Moscow | |
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Born 8 October 1939 (age 84) ( 1939-10-08 ) Moscow, Russia | ||
Boris Yakovlevich Dubrovsky (Russian: Борис Яковлевич Дубровский, born 8 October 1939) is a retired Russian rower who had his best achievements in the double sculls, partnering with Oleg Tyurin. In this event, they won an Olympic gold in 1964 and four medals at European and world championships in 1962–1965.
Biography
Dubrovsky was born to teachers Yakov Vasilievich Dubrovsky (1903–?) and Natalya Timofeevna Kuvaeva (1909–?) and has a sister Masha (born 1941). He has a PhD in theoretical physics, and from 1967 to 2003 taught calculus in a university. There he met his wife, Evgeniya Aleksandrovna, a mathematician. They have a son, Timofei (born 1964), who moved to the United States in the 1990s.
References
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