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Russian rower (1935–2023) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anatoly Fomich Sass (Russian: Анатолий Фомич Сасс; 22 December 1935 – 31 August 2023) was a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
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Birth name | Anatoly Fomich Sass | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR | 22 December 1935||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 31 August 2023 87) | (aged||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Anatoly Fomich Sass was born in Moscow on 22 December 1935.[1]
At the 1964 Olympics, he was a crew member of the Soviet boat which finished seventh in the coxless four event.[1] Sass stood in for the single sculls champion who was suffering from illness, Vyacheslav Ivanov, at the 1965 European Rowing Championships, where he won the silver medal.[2][3] At the 1968 Olympics, he and his partner Aleksandr Timoshinin won the gold medal in the double sculls event.[1]
Sass died on 31 August 2023, at the age of 87.[4]
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