Mikhail Antonovich Shurga ( 1952 , Sokolniki , Pustomytovsky district, Lviv region ) - Soviet rower kayaker , played for the USSR team in the first half of the 1970s. World champion, three-time champion of national championships. At the competition he represented the sports society " Labor Reserves ", Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (1974).
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| A country |  the USSR  Ukraine |
| Specialization | kayak , 10,000 m |
| Club | Labor reserves |
| Date of Birth | 1952 |
| Place of Birth | Sokolniki (Lviv region) |
Biography
Mikhail Shurga was born in 1952 in with. Sokolniki , Pustomytovsky district, Lviv region , Ukrainian SSR . He began to actively engage in rowing in early childhood, was trained at the local specialized school for children and youth at Olympic reserve No. 1 [1] , and later joined the voluntary sports society “ Labor Reserves ”. The first serious success was achieved in 1974, when he won gold in the standings of the fours in the 1000 and 10,000 meters at the adult championship of the Soviet Union. Thanks to a series of successful performances, he was awarded the right to defend the country's honor at the world championship in Mexico City - together with a four-seater crew, which also included rowers Nikolai Gorbachev , Anatoly Sharykin and Leonid Derevyanko , defeated all rivals at a distance of ten kilometers and thus became the world champion. For this achievement, according to the results of the season, he was awarded the honorary title “ Honored Master of Sports of the USSR ”.
In the 1975 season, Shurga won the gold medal of the All-Union Championship in the kayak doubles at a distance of 1000 meters. Later I visited the World Cup in Yugoslav Belgrade, tried to defend the world champion title, but this time their four-seater kayak finished third. Shortly after this regatta, Mikhail Shurga ceased to be in the main team of the national team and decided to end his career as an athlete.
Notes
- ↑ Oksana Chichkan. SDUSHOR-1 of the city of Lviv . Veslo.org.ua (May 18, 2008). Date of treatment June 18, 2014.
Links
- Mikhail Shurga - medals at major international competitions
- Shurga Mikhailo Antonovich
- Pride of the Lviv oar
- Seasonal sport
- Lubomyr Zubritsky. З історії development of the department of seasonal sports for sports (inaccessible link)
Shurga Mikhail Antonovich (inaccessible link from 06/14/2016 [1183 days]) - a brief biographical information on the Yandex.Dictionaries website
- List of USSR Kayaking and Canoeing Champions (unavailable link from 06/14/2016 [1183 days])