Nikolai Gorbachev

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Stepanovich and the family name is Gorbachev.

Nikolai Stepanovich Gorbachev (Russian: Николай Степанович Горбачёв, Belarusian: Мікалай Сцяпанавіч Гарбачоў; May 15, 1948 – April 9, 2019)^[1] was a Soviet-born Belarusian sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid-1970s. He won a gold medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.^[2]

Nikolai Gorbachev

Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
	1972 Munich	K-2 1000 m
World Championships
	1974 Mexico City	K-4 10000 m
	1971 Belgrade	K-4 10000 m
	1975 Belgrade	K-4 10000 m

Gorbachev also won three medals in the K-4 10000 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (1974) and two bronzes (1971, 1975).