Leonid Geishtor

Leonid Grigorievich Geishtor; also Geyshtor^[1] (Russian: Леонид Григорьевич Гейштор) (born October 15, 1936, in Homel, Belarusian SSR) is a Soviet-born Belarusian sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s.^[1]

Leonid Geishtor

Geishtor in 2011
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
	1960 Rome	C-2 1000 m
World Championships
	1963 Jajce	C-2 10000 m

Life and career

Geishtor is Jewish.^[2] He trained at Vodnik in Gomel.^[3] Along with teammate Sergei Makarenko, Geishtor won the first Olympic gold medal by a Belarusian competitor.^[4] The two won the C-2 1000 m event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.

Geishtor was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor in 1960.^[3]

Paired with Makarenko, he also won a gold medal in the C-2 10000 m event at the 1963 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Jajce.^[5]

See also

• List of select Jewish canoeists