Yuriy Pimenov

Yuriy Pimenov

Personal information
Full name	Yuriy Igorevich Pimenov
Born	(1958-03-29)29 March 1958 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	19 April 2019(2019-04-19) (aged 61)
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	94 kg (207 lb)
Relatives	Nikolay Pimenov (twin brother)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	Dynamo Moscow
Medal record Men's rowing Representing the Soviet Union Olympic Games Silver medal – second place 1980 Moscow Coxless pair Friendship Games Gold medal – first place 1984 Moscow Coxless pair World Rowing Championships Gold medal – first place 1981 Munich Coxless pair Gold medal – first place 1985 Hazewinkel Coxless pair Gold medal – first place 1986 Nottingham Coxless pair Silver medal – second place 1979 Bled Coxless pair Silver medal – second place 1983 Duisburg Coxless four Silver medal – second place 1990 Tasmania Coxless pair Bronze medal – third place 1987 Copenhagen Coxless pair

Yuriy Igorevich Pimenov (Russian: Юрий Игорьевич Пименов; 29 March 1958 – 19 April 2019) was a Russian rower who mostly competed in the coxless pairs, rowing with his twin brother Nikolay. Between 1978 and 1993 the brothers won a silver medal at the 1980 Olympics, as well as three gold, three silver and one bronze medal at the world championships. They finished in 6th and 15th place at the 1988 and 1992 Games, respectively, missing the 1984 Olympics due to their boycott by the Soviet Union. They went to the Friendship Games instead, dubbed the alternative Olympics, where they won gold.

Pimenov was an international rowing referee and the chief referee of the Russian Rowing Federation. In 1994 he became the third person to receive the Thomas Keller Medal, the highest honor in rowing.