Valentin Zanin
Soviet rower
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Valentin Petrovich Zanin (Russian name: Валентин Занин; born 27 October 1937) is a Soviet rower.
Born27 October 1937
Height191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb)
SportRowing
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| Born | 27 October 1937 | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
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Zanin was born in 1937 in Leningrad.[1] At the 1956 European Rowing Championships in Bled, he competed with the coxed four and they won silver.[2] He went to the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne and competed in the coxed four, where they were eliminated in the semi-final.[1] He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome with the coxed four where they came fourth.[3][1]