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Boris Dubrovskiy
Tyurin and Dubrovsky (right) in 1965
Personal information
Born(1939-10-08)8 October 1939
Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died14 August 2023(2023-08-14) (aged 83)
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubSKA Moscow

Boris Yakovlevich Dubrovsky (Russian: Борис Яковлевич Дубровский, 8 October 1939 – 14 August 2023) was a Russian rower who had his best achievements in the double sculls, partnering with Oleg Tyurin. In this event, they won an Olympic gold in 1964[1] and four medals at European and world championships in 1962–1965.[2][3]

Biography

Dubrovsky was born to teachers Yakov Vasilievich Dubrovsky (1903–?) and Natalya Timofeevna Kuvaeva (1909–?) and has a sister Masha (born 1941). He has a PhD in theoretical physics, and from 1967 to 2003 taught calculus in a university. There he met his wife, Evgeniya Aleksandrovna, a mathematician. They had a son, Timofei (born 1964), who moved to the United States in the 1990s.[4]

Boris Dubrovskiy died on 14 August 2023, at the age of 83.[5]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Boris Dubrovsky". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften. Doppelzweier – Herren" [Rowing – World Championships. Double Sculls – Men] (in German). Sport-Komplett.de. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014.
    "Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Herren – Doppelzweier)" [Rowing – European Championships (Men – Double Sculls)] (in German). Sport-Komplett.de. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014.
  3. ^ Дубровский Борис Яковлевич Archived 16 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  4. ^ Борис Яковлевич Дубровский. Так было... dubrowskijboris.jimdo.com
  5. ^ "Олимпийский чемпион по гребле Дубровский скончался на 84-м году жизни". Sport Express. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 14 August 2023.