Kirill Putyrsky

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameKirill Borisovich•Putyrsky
Used nameKirill•Putyrsky
Original nameКирилл Борисович•Путырский
Born1 October 1928 in St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg (RUS)
Died8 July 2021
AffiliationsKrasnoye Znamya Leningrad
NOC Soviet Union
Nationality Russian Federation

Biography

Kirill Putyrsky was a multisport athlete, but took up his primary passion, rowing, in 1946. He won his first Soviet national title in 1950, in the eights, and earned another in the coxed fours in 1952. This led him to be selected to represent the Soviet Union in the latter event at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. There, alongside Yevgeny Tretnikov, Georgy Gushchenko, Boris Fyodorov, and Boris Brechko, he was eliminated in the semi-finals repêchage. This quintet, with non-Olympian Georgy Bryulgart replacing Tretnikov, had better luck at the European Championships the following year, where they came in second behind Czechoslovakia.

Putyrsky won a final Soviet championship in the coxed fours in 1955, and then turned to coaching, focusing on the women’s national team. He later worked as a trainer in Bulgaria and East Germany, before returning to Russia in the 1970s. One of his students, Vladimir Solovyov, just missed the podium by coming in fourth in the coxed fours event at the 1972 Munich Olympics. He retired at the beginning of the 1990s.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal Nationality As
1952 Summer Olympics Rowing URS RUS Kirill Putyrsky
Coxed Fours, Men (Olympic) Soviet Union 2 h1 r4/5