Alexei Vladimirovich Swirin

Alexei Swirin in May 2017

Alexei Wladimirowitsch Swirin ( Russian Алексей Владимирович Свирин ; born December 15, 1978 in Moscow ) is a Russian rower . He won in 2004 along with Sergei Fedorowzew , Igor Kravtsov and Nikolai Spinjow the Olympic gold medal in quadruple sculls , the first and only gold medal for Russian rowers since the collapse of the Soviet Union .

Career

Swirin took fourth place in the Nations Cup , the U23 World Rowing Championships, in 1999 in a double scull and in 2000 in a double scull. Swirin's first participation in the adult world championship ended in 1999 with 16th place in the quadruple scull . Four years later, he finished fifth at the 2003 World Championships . At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens , the Russian four-man finished second behind the Poles, in the first semifinal the Poles won ahead of the German boat, in the second semifinals the Czechs won ahead of the Russians. In the final, the Russians won just ahead of the Czechs, while the Ukrainians came third just ahead of the Poles. At the 2005 World Championships , the Russians competed with the same line-up as in the Olympic gold medal and finished eighth. Sixth place followed the following year . After finishing seventh at the 2007 World Championships , the Russian double scull won the 2007 European Championships with Swirin . At his second Olympic participation in Beijing in 2008 , Swirin finished eleventh with the double scull. At the European Championships in 2008 Swirin came back with the quadruple and reached fifth place, in 2009 the sixth place followed. 2010 rowed Swirin at the world championships in eight to eleventh place. In 2011 Swirin won his second European championship with the double foursome after 2007 . At the end of his career, the 2.02 m tall Swirin rowed again to eighth place in the quadruple scull at the Olympic Games in London.

On November 12, 2016, Swirin was elected President of the Russian Rowing Federation (FGSR) to succeed Weniamin But .

Web links

• Alexei Wladimirowitsch Swirin in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Alexei Wladimirowitsch Swirin at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Posting of the Russian Rowing Association on the platform instagram.com. In: www.instagram.com. Russian Rowing Association , November 13, 2016, accessed October 7, 2017 (in Russian).