Alexander Vladimirovich Kovalev

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Full name Alexander Vladimirovich Kovalev
nation RussiaRussia Russia
birthday March 2nd 1975
place of birth Belaja Kalitwa ,  Soviet UnionSoviet UnionSoviet Union 
size 170 cm
Weight 70 kg
job Canoeists
Career
discipline Canoe racing
Boat class Canadians
National squad since 1997
status active
Medal table
Olympic medals 0 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
World Cup medals 3 × gold 1 × silver 2 × bronze
EM medals 0 × gold 3 × silver 4 × bronze
Olympic rings Olympic games
silver Athens 2004 Two-person canoe 1000 m
bronze Athens 2004 Two-person canoe 500 m
Canoe World Championships
gold Szeged 1998 C-2 1000 m
gold Milan 1999 C-2 1000 m
bronze Milan 1999 C-2 500 m
bronze Poznan 2001 C-4 500 m
silver Gainesville 2003 C-2 1000 m
gold Zagreb 2005 C-4 200 m
European Canoe Championships
bronze Poznan 2000 C-2 500 m
bronze Poznan 2000 C-2 1000 m
silver Milan 2001 C-2 500 m
bronze Milan 2001 C-2 1000 m
silver Poznan 2004 C-2 1000 m
silver Poznan 2005 C-4 200 m
bronze Poznan 2005 C-2 500 m
bronze Milan 2008 C-4 500 m
 

Alexander Wladimirowitsch Kowaljow ( Russian Александр Владимирович Ковалёв ; born March  2, 1975 in Belaja Kalitwa , Rostov Oblast , Soviet Union ) is a Russian canoeist .

Athletic career

At the Olympic Games in 2000 , Kowaljow and Alexander Kostoglod took 6th place in the two-man canoe over 500 meters and fourth place in the two-man canoe over 1000 meters. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens , Kowaljow won again with Alexander Kostoglod the silver medal in the two-man canoe over 1000 meters behind the German duo Gille / Wylenzek and the bronze medal in the two-man canoe over 500 meters.

At the 1998 World Championships in Szeged, Hungary, and at the 1999 World Championships in Milan , Italy , Kowaljow and Kostoglod each won the gold medal in the two-man canoe over 1000 meters. At the 2005 World Championships in the Croatian capital Zagreb he won the gold medal in the four-man canoe over 200 meters with Kostoglod, Opalew and Krugljakow .

Awards (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alexander Kostoglod in the database of Sports-Reference (English)
  2. ↑ Alexander Kowaljow on infosport.ru (Russian)
personal data
SURNAME Kovalev, Alexander Vladimirovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ковалёв, Александр Владимирович (Russian); Kovalyov, Aleksandr Vladimirovich (English)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian canoeist and Olympic medalist
DATE OF BIRTH March 2nd 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Belaya Kalitwa , Rostov Oblast , Russian SFSR, Soviet Union