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aleksandr silayev at the 1960 olympics 31 december 2005 -lrb- aged 77 -rrb- moscow , russia dynamo moscow moscow , russia 78 kg lb on 1.87 m ftin on canoe racing 2 april 1928 aleksandr silayev 1960.jpg aleksandr silayev

aleksandr silayev

aleksandr silayev -lrb- 2 april 1928 -- 31 december 2005 -rrb- was a russian sprint canoer who competed for the soviet union in the late 1950s and early 1960s .
he won a silver medal in the c-1 1000 m event at the 1960 summer olympics , as well as a world title in the c-2 10,000 m event in 1958 .
at the european championships he won two gold and one silver medals -lrb- in 1957 and 1959 -rrb- in the c-2 1000 and 10,000 m events .
