Leonid Drachevsky

Leonid Drachevsky
Drachevsky with Vladimir Putin in 2000
Personal information
Born (1942-04-05) 5 April 1942
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Sport
Sport Rowing

Leonid Drachevsky (Russian name: Леонид Вадимович Драчевский; born 5 April 1942) is a Soviet rower from Kazakhstan. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City with the men's coxed pair where they qualified for the small final but did not start.[1][2]

Drachevsky later became a diplomat and served as ambassador of Russia to Poland from 1996 to 1999. In 1998 and 1999, he was a Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation.

References

  1. "Leonid Drachewsky". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Leonid Drachevsky". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Yury Kashlev
Ambassador to Poland
1996–1999
Succeeded by
Sergey Razov


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