What is Nikolai Gorbachev?
'''Nikolai Stepanovich Gorbachev''' ({{lang-ru|Николай Степанович Горбачёв}}, {{lang-be|Мікалай Сцяпанавіч Гарбачоў}}; May 15, 1948 – April 9, 2019) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]-born [[Belarus]]ian [[Canoe racing|sprint canoer]]. He competed in the early to mid-1970s. He won a gold medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the [[1972 Summer Olympics]] in [[Munich]]. Gorbachev also won three medals in the K-4 10000 m event at the [[ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships]] with a gold ([[1974 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1974]]) and two bronzes ([[1971 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1971]], [[1975 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1975]]). Gorbachev died on April 9, 2019 at the age of 70.<ref>[https://belaruspartisan.by/sport/460085/ Умер чемпион Олимпиады-1972 белорус Николай Горбачёв] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427214318/https://belaruspartisan.by/sport/460085/ |date=2019-04-27 }} {{in lang|ru}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gorbachev, Nikolai}} [[Category:1948 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union]] [[Category:Belarusian sportspeople]] [[Category:Canoeists]]