Leonid Geishtor

Leonid Grigorievich Geishtor ( _ru. Леонид Григорьевич Гейштор) (born October 15, 1936) is a former Soviet Belarusian canoeist. He trained at Vodnik in Gomel.cite book|title=All about Olympic Games.|author=Boris Khavin|publisher=Fizkultura i sport|edition = 2nd ed.|pages=p. 540|year=1979|location=Moscow|language=Russian] Along with teammate Sergei Makarenko, Geishtor won the first Olympic gold medal by a Belarusian competitor. [http://www.noc.by/eng/nokrb/htdocs/1/ National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Belarus] , retrieved 20 January 2007.] The two won the men's 1000 meter C-2 event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Geishtor was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor in 1960.

References

[http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=GEYSHLEO01 profile]