Background
He was born in Leningrad (now Saint St. Petersburg).
He was born in Leningrad (now Saint St. Petersburg).
Tyukalov trained at VSS Trud in Leningrad. Prior to the 1956 Summer Olympics, Tyukalov was beaten by the Russian prodigy Vyacheslav Ivanov, who was selected to represent the Soviet Union in the single sculls. Tyukalov then teamed with Aleksandr Berkutov to race the double sculls.
In 1968 Tyukalov was a coach of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Olympic rowing team
He was also a notable sculptor.