Leonid Gissen

Leonid Gissen

Personal information
Birth name	Leonid Davidovich Gissen
Born	28 June 1931
Died	7 February 2005(2005-02-07) (aged 73)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Medal record Men's rowing Representing the  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki Eight European Rowing Championships 1953 Copenhagen Eight 1954 Amsterdam Eight 1955 Ghent Eight

Leonid Davidovich Gissen (Russian: Леонид Давыдович Гиссен, 28 June 1931 – 7 February 2005) was a Russian 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 as crew member of the Soviet boat in the eights event.

Four years later he was part of the Soviet boat which was eliminated in the semi-final of the eight competition.

References

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Leonid Gissen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
• Leonid Gissen's obituary (in Russian)