Irina Mikhailovna Fedotova

Irina Michailovna Fedotowa ( Russian Ирина Михайловна Федотова ; born February 15, 1975 in Krasnodar ) is a former Russian rower . In 1998 she was the first Russian world rowing champion of the post-Soviet era.

Career

Fedotowa was in a second behind the German Katrin Rutschow at the Junior World Championships in 1992 . 1994 Fedotova took first at the world championships in adult class and took part with the Russian sculls fifth place the year after the boat went to sixth place. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta , the boat missed the A-final and took seventh place in the final score. After two second places in the 1997 World Cup, the Russian double foursome reached fourth place at the 1997 World Championships .

In 1998 Fedotowa switched to the single, she won all three World Cup regattas and won the gold medal at the World Championships in Cologne . This was the Russian Federation's first ever rowing world title, and the last Soviet rowers' titles in 1990 and 1991 did not include a Russian. After two more World Cup victories in 1999, Fedotowa's winning streak at the third World Cup regatta in Lucerne ended, and she finished fourth at the World Championships in Canada .

After the 2000 World Cup season was rather mixed with a second and fourth place in the single, Fedotova switched back to the double fours for the 2000 Olympic Games , which then won the bronze medal at the Olympic regatta near Sydney. After a year break, Fedotowa returned to the regatta courses in 2002 in a double scull. Together with Larissa Merk , Fedotowa won the silver medal at the 2002 World Championships behind the New Zealand boat . In 2003 the New Zealanders won ahead of the German boat, Merk and Fedotowa received the bronze medal.

At the 2004 Olympic Games , Irina Fedotova came back in the single, as the winner of the B final, she took seventh place overall. In 2005 Fedotowa won the Russian double scull at the World Cup in Lucerne, and the boat rowed the bronze medal at the World Championships in Gifu . After two years without international success, the 1.81 m tall Irina Fedotova ended her career in 2007.

Web links

• Irina Fedotova in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Irina Mikhailovna Fedotova at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )