Mikhail Kaaleste
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's canoe sprint | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
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1956 Melbourne | K-2 1000 m |
| World Championships | ||
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1958 Prague | K-2 1000 m |
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1958 Prague | K-4 1000 m |
Mikhail Kaaleste (born Mikhail Stolyarov on 20 August 1931) is a Estonian sprint canoeist who competed in 1950s. He won a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.[1][2]
Kaaleste changed in last name in 1940 from Stoljar. Originally going into cross country skiing, he was changed to sprint canoeing from his coaches at Dynamo Sports Club. After winning a silver medal in Melbourne, Kaaleste won two bronze medals at the 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Prague (K-2 1000 m, K-4 1000 m). He also won several medals in the Soviet Union in cross country skiing in the 1950s.[3]
In 1964, he became coach for the Dynamo Leningrad biathlon and cross country skiing. Kaaleste's wife, Anna, finished ninth in the 10 km cross-country skiing event at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
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- 1931 births
- Canoeists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Estonian canoeists
- Estonian cross-country skiers
- Male cross-country skiers
- Living people
- Olympic canoeists of the Soviet Union
- Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union
- Soviet male canoeists
- Soviet cross-country skiers
- Olympic medalists in canoeing
- ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health alumni