Leonid Grigorievich Geishtor; also Geyshtor () (born October 15, 1936, in Homel, Belarusian SSR) is a Soviet-born Belarusian sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Life and career

Geishtor is Jewish. He trained at Vodnik in Gomel. Along with teammate Sergei Makarenko, Geishtor won the first Olympic gold medal by a Belarusian competitor. The two won the C-2 1000 m event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.

Leonid Geishtor

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

Leonid Geishtor

He also won a gold medal in the C-2 10000 m event at the 1963 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Jajce.

Leonid Geishtor

See also

List of select Jewish canoeists

References

1936 births

Belarusian male canoeists

Canoeists at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Jewish Belarusian sportspeople

Living people

Olympic canoeists for the Soviet Union

Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union

Soviet male canoeists

Soviet Jews

Olympic medalists in canoeing

Sportspeople from Gomel

ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian

Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics

International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame inductees