Boris Dubrovskiy

Boris Dubrovskiy

Tyurin and Dubrovsky (right) in 1965
Personal information
Born	(1939-10-08) 8 October 1939 (age 77) Moscow, Russia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	SKA Moscow
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo Double sculls World Rowing Championships 1962 Lucerne Double sculls European Rowing Championships 1963 Copenhagen Double sculls 1964 Amsterdam Double sculls 1965 Duisburg Double sculls

Boris Yakovlevich Dubrovsky (Russian: Борис Яковлевич Дубровский, born 8 October 1939) is a retired Russian rower who had his best achievements in the double sculls, partnering with Oleg Tyurin. In this event, they won an Olympic gold in 1964 and four medals at European and world championships in 1962–1965.

Dubrovsky was born to teachers Yakov Vasilievich Dubrovsky (1903–?) and Natalya Timofeevna Kuvaeva (1909–?) and has a sister Masha (born 1941). He has a PhD in theoretical physics, and from 1967 to 2003 taught calculus in a university. There he met his wife, Evgeniya Aleksandrovna, a mathematician. They have a son, Timofei (born 1964), who moved to the United States in the 1990s.