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About Mikhail Kaaleste
- Mikhail Kaaleste (born Mihail Stolär on 20 August 1931) is an Estonian sprint canoeist who competed in 1950s.
- He won a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.Kaaleste changed his last name in 1940 from Stolär.
- Originally going into cross country skiing, he was changed to sprint canoeing by his coaches at Dynamo Sports Club.
- After winning a silver medal in Melbourne, Kaaleste won two bronze medals at the 1958 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Prague (K-2 1000 m, K-4 1000 m).
- He also won several medals in the Soviet Union in cross country skiing in the 1950s.In 1964, he became coach for the Dynamo Leningrad biathlon and cross country skiing.
- Kaaleste's wife, Anna, finished ninth in the 10 km cross-country skiing event at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
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