Vitaly Kurdchenko

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Vitaly Kurdchenko
Kurdchenko in 1964
Personal information
Born (1940-09-23) 23 September 1940 (age 83)
Moscow, Russia
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubSpartak Moscow
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
World Rowing Championships
Silver medal – second place 1966 Bled Coxed four
European Rowing Championships
Gold medal – first place 1964 Amsterdam Coxed four
Gold medal – first place 1965 Duisburg Coxed four
Silver medal – second place 1969 Klagenfurt Eight

Vitaly Dmitriyevich Kurdchenko (Russian: Виталий Дмитриевич Курдченко, born 23 September 1940) is a retired Russian rower who had his best achievements in the coxed fours, partnering with Vladimir Yevseyev, Anatoly Tkachuk, Boris Kuzmin and Anatoly Luzgin. In this event, they won two European titles and a silver medal at the 1966 World Rowing Championships;[1] they finished in fifth place at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[2] Kurdchenko also competed in the eight and won a European silver medal in 1969.[1]

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Luzgin, Yevseyev, Tkachuk, Kuzmin and Kurdchenko at the 1964 European Championships