Igor Fedorovich Yemchuk (Ukrainian: Ігор Федорович Ємчук, 2 December 1930 – 5 March 2008) was a Ukrainian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics. In 1952 he won the silver medal with his partner Heorhiy Zhylin in the double sculls event. Four years later he was a crew member of the Soviet boat which won the bronze medal in the coxed pairs competition.
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| Birth name | Igor Fedorovich Yemchuk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 December 1930 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 March 2008 (aged 77) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References
edit- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ihor Yemchuk". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015.
- Profile of Ihor Yemchuk (in Russian)
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