Aleksandr Berkutov

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Aleksandr Berkutov
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1956 Melbourne Double sculls
Silver medal – second place 1960 Rome Double sculls

Aleksandr Nikolaevich Berkutov (Russian: Александр Николаевич Беркутов; 21 May 1933 – 7 November 2012) was a Russian rower who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1956 Summer Olympics and in the 1960 Summer Olympics.

He was born in Zubchaninovka, Samara Oblast. In 1956 he and his partner Yury Tyukalov won the gold medal in the double sculls event. Fours years later he won the silver medal with Tyukalov in the double sculls competition.

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