Elena Ivanovna Chlopzewa

Jelena Ivanovna Chlopzewa ( Russian Елена Ивановна Хлопцева ; Belarusian Алена Іванаўна Хлопцава , Alena Iwanauna Chlopzawa * 21 May 1960 in Minsk ) is a former Soviet rower who in 1992 for the Commonwealth of Independent States and thereafter for Belarus took.

Athletic career

The 1.65 m tall Jelena Chlopzewa rowed for Spartak Minsk . Already in 1977 she finished fourth in the double scull together with Reet Palm at the world championships . Chlopzewa won at the Junior World Championships in 1978 together with Victoria Kudriaschowa the title in double sculls. At the World Championships in 1978 in adult class Chlopzewa won with Rejet Palm, Olga Wassiltschenko , Nadezhda Kosotschkina and control wife Nadezhda Chernyshova the bronze medal in quadruple sculls behind the boats from Bulgaria and the Federal Republic of Germany.

At the 1980 Olympic Games Chlopzewa rowed with Larissa Popowa in double sculls . Because of the Olympic boycott of most western states, only seven boats took part in the Olympic regatta; the Soviet double scull won with almost a second and a half ahead of the boat from the GDR, another second behind the Romanians won bronze. The gold medal for Chlopzewa and Popowa in 1980 was the only rowing gold medal for the Soviet Union. Apart from the single victories of the Finn Pertti Karppinen and the Romanian Sanda Toma , all other rowing gold medals went to the GDR.

In 1981 Chlopzewa and Popowa rowed together with Tatiana Danilowa , Olga Kaspina and helmswoman Maria Semskowa-Korotkowa in the quadruple scull and won the title at the World Championships in Munich . With seven titles, the Soviet Union in Munich was the strongest team before the GDR. In 1982 in Lucerne and 1983 in Duisburg Tatjana Baschkatowa , Olga Kaspina, Jelena Chlopzewa, Larissa Popowa and Maria Semskowa-Korotkowa won the double fours . The winning streak of the Soviet double foursome was ended in 1984 by the Olympic boycott of the Eastern Bloc countries.

From 1985 onwards there was no longer a tax woman for women in quadruples. At the World Championships 1985 in Hazewinkel formed Antonina Dumtschewa , Natalia Grigorieva , Jelena Chlopzewa and Jelena Bratischko the new Soviet sculls , who won the silver medal behind the boat from the GDR. After that, Jelena Chlopzewa ended her sporting career, but only temporarily.

In 1990 Chlopzewa returned to the Soviet quad scull and won the silver medal behind the boat from the GDR at the World Championships in Tasmania together with Switlana Masij , Marja Omeljanowitsch and Sarija Sakirowa . At the 1991 World Championships in Vienna , after the end of the GDR, the German boat won, behind them Jelena Chlopzewa, Marja Omeljanowitsch, Tetjana Ustyuschanina and Mira Waganowa received the silver medal for the Soviet Union. A year later at the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992 the Soviet Union no longer existed either, the double fours of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) with Antonina Selikowitsch , Tetjana Ustyuschanina, Ekaterina Karsten and Jelena Chlopzewa won the bronze medal behind the German double fours and the Romanians . At the 1993 World Championships , Karsten and Chlopzewa rowed together in the Belarusian double scull and finished in seventh place. In 1994 , the two took fifth place. After that, Chlopzewa finally ended her successful career.

Web links

• Jelena Ivanovna Chlopzewa in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Elena Khloptseva at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
• Elena Hlopzeva at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
• World Championships in quadruples