Yevgeniy Brago

Yevgeniy Brago
Personal information
Birth nameYevgeniy Nikolaevich Brago
Born(1929-03-01)1 March 1929
Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died13 May 2024(2024-05-13) (aged 95)
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1952 Helsinki Eight
European Rowing Championships
Gold medal – first place 1953 Copenhagen Eight
Gold medal – first place 1954 Amsterdam Eight
Gold medal – first place 1955 Ghent Eight

Yevgeniy Nikolaevich Brago (Russian: Евгений Николаевич Браго; 1 March 1929 – 13 May 2024) was a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Moscow on 1 March 1929.[1] In 1952 he won the silver medal as crew member of the Soviet boat in the eights event.[1]

In 1953 he received higher education at the Moscow Energy Institute.[2] In 1958 he graduated from graduate school at the Energy Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences with the degree of Candidate of Technical Sciences.[2] In 1979 he defended his doctoral dissertation.[2]

Member of the International Academy of Informatization (since 1996).[2] He taught at the University of Siegen and Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas.[2]

Brago died on 13 May 2024, at the age of 95.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yevgeniy Brago". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Евгений Николаевич Браго". Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Светлая память, Евгений Николаевич Браго!". Rowing Russia. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.


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