Mikhail Kaaleste

Mikhail Kaaleste
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Olympic Games
1956 Melbourne K-2 1000 m
World Championships
1958 Prague K-2 1000 m
1958 Prague K-4 1000 m

Mikhail Kaaleste (born Mikhail Stolyarov on 20 August 1931) is a Estonian sprint canoeist who competed in 1950s. He won a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.[1][2]

Kaaleste changed in last name in 1940 from Stoljar. Originally going into cross country skiing, he was changed to sprint canoeing from his coaches at Dynamo Sports Club. After winning a silver medal in Melbourne, Kaaleste won two bronze medals at the 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Prague (K-2 1000 m, K-4 1000 m). He also won several medals in the Soviet Union in cross country skiing in the 1950s.[3]

In 1964, he became coach for the Dynamo Leningrad biathlon and cross country skiing. Kaaleste's wife, Anna, finished ninth in the 10 km cross-country skiing event at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo.

References

  1. ↑ Федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение высшего профессионального образования Национальный государственный Университет физической культуры, спорта и здоровья имени П. Ф. Лесгафта
  2. ↑ Динамо. Энциклопедия
  3. ↑ Postimees
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