Igor A. Rudakov ( October 8, 1934 , Leningrad ) - Soviet rower , helmsman, played for the USSR national rowing team in the late 1950s and the mid 1970s. Participant of four summer Olympic games, silver medalist of the Games in Rome, European champion, winner of silver and bronze medals at world championships, multiple winner of all-union regattas. At the competitions he represented the sports associations “Trud” and “ Spartak ”, the master of sports of international class.
| Igor Rudakov | |
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| A country |  Russia |
| Specialization | steering |
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| Date of Birth | October 8, 1934 (84 years) |
| Place of Birth | Leningrad |
| Growth | 187 cm |
| Weight | 98 kg |
Biography
Igor Rudakov was born on October 8, 1934 in Leningrad . He began to actively engage in rowing in early childhood, at first he was a member of the Leningrad sports society "Trud", since 1965 he was a representative of " Spartak ".
He achieved the first serious success in 1959, becoming the USSR champion in twos with the helmsman. Thanks to a series of successful performances, he was awarded the right to defend the country's honor at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome - he was a helmsman in a pair of Antanas Bagdonavichus and Zigmas Yukna and in the four Oleg Alexandrov , Igor Khokhlov , Boris Fedorov and Valentin Zanin . In the first case, he won the silver medal, losing only to the German crew, in the second he was also close to the top positions, reached the final, but finished fourth in the decisive round.
In 1961, Rudakov took silver at the European Championships in Prague - in the program of four-seater crews with a helmsman. A year later, he received two bronze medals at the World Championships in Swiss Lucerne, in twos and fours. A year later, he won bronze at the European Championships in Copenhagen. In 1964, in twos became the silver medalist of the European Championship in Amsterdam and visited the Olympics in Tokyo , where, being the steering of deuces Nikolai Safronov and Leonid Rakovshchik , took the fourth place in the final.
At the European Championship in 1965 in German Duisburg, the Rudakov-driven deuce won first place, overtaking all rivals. Thus, he received the European title [1] . Remaining among the leaders of the national team, he was selected for the Olympic Games of 1968 in Mexico City , this time he was in the pair of Leonid Drachevsky and Tiit Helmia - they successfully performed at the semifinals stage, but did not reach the final.
In 1969, Rudakov won a silver medal at the European Championships in Klagenfurt, Austria, and took second place in the standings of eight-seat crews. At the European Championship in 1971 in Copenhagen was the third in four. Then in 1972 I went to the fourth in my career Olympics in Munich , where the four with Vladimir Sterlik , Vladimir Solovyov , Alexander Lyubaturov and Yury Shamayev did not reach bronze a little, becoming the fourth.
After four Olympic cycles, Igor Rudakov remained in the main team of the Soviet national team and continued to take part in major international regattas as a helmsman. So, in 1974, he won the silver medal among the fours at the World Championships in Lucerne, in 1975 he repeated this result at the world championship in English Nottingham, but already in the final eight. For outstanding sporting achievements awarded the honorary title " Master of Sports of the USSR international class " [2] .
Notes
- ↑ 1965 . MFSO "Spartak" named after N. P. Starostin. The appeal date is September 5, 2014.
- ↑ Rudakov Igor Aleksandrovich (USSR) . Biographies of famous athletes. The appeal date is September 5, 2014.
Links
- Igor Rudakov - profile on the FISA website (English)