abstract:Nikolay Gogol is a Soviet sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid-1970s. He won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds (K-1 500 m: 1971, K-1 4 x 500 m: 1970, K-2 500 m: 1973), a silver (K-4 1000 m: 1973), and a bronze (K-2 500 m: 1971).