Maxim Alexandrovich Opalev

Maxim Opalew
2013
Full name	Maxim Alexandrovich Opalev
nation	Russia
birthday	April 4, 1979 (age 41)
place of birth	Volgograd ,  Soviet Union
size	184 cm
Weight	93 kg
job	Canoeists
Career
discipline	Canoe slalom
Boat class	Canadians
society	Spartak Voronezh
status	resigned
Medal table
Olympic medals 1 × 1 × 1 × World Cup medals 11 × 6 × 3 × EM medals 14 × 6 × 3 ×
Olympic games silver Sydney 2000 C-1 500 m bronze Athens 2004 C-1 500 m gold Beijing 2008 C-1 500 m Canoe World Championships silver Dartmouth 1997 C-4 1000 m gold Szeged 1998 C-1 500 m gold Milan 1999 C-1 200 m gold Milan 1999 C-1 500 m gold Milan 1999 C-1 1000 m gold Poznan 2001 C-1 500 m silver Poznan 2001 C-1 200 m bronze Poznan 2001 C-4 200 m gold Seville 2002 C-1 200 m gold Seville 2002 C-1 500 m gold Seville 2002 C-4 200 m silver Seville 2002 C-1 1000 m gold Gainesville 2003 C-1 200 m silver Gainesville 2003 C-1 500 m bronze Gainesville 2003 C-1 1000 m gold Zagreb 2005 C-4 200 m silver Zagreb 2005 C-1 200 m bronze Zagreb 2005 C-1 500 m gold Szeged 2006 C-1 500 m silver Duisburg 2007 C-1 200 m European Canoe Championships gold Zagreb 1999 C-1 200 m gold Zagreb 1999 C-1 500 m gold Zagreb 1999 C-1 1000 m gold Poznan 2000 C-1 500 m bronze Poznan 2000 C-1 1000 m silver Milan 2001 C-1 200 m bronze Milan 2001 C-1 500 m gold Szeged 2002 C-1 200 m gold Szeged 2002 C-1 500 m gold Szeged 2002 C-4 200 m silver Szeged 2002 C-1 1000 m gold Poznan 2004 C-1 200 m gold Poznan 2004 C-1 500 m gold Poznan 2005 C-1 200 m gold Poznan 2005 C-1 500 m silver Poznan 2005 C-1 1000 m silver Poznan 2005 C-4 200 m gold Račice 2006 C-1 200 m gold Račice 2006 C-1 500 m bronze Račice 2006 C-1 1000 m silver Pontevedra 2007 C-1 200 m silver Pontevedra 2007 C-1 1000 m gold Trasona 2010 C-4 1000 m

Maxim Alexandrowitsch Opalew ( Russian Максим Александрович Опалев ; born April 4, 1979 in Volgograd , Soviet Union ) is a Russian canoeist , Olympic champion and eleven-time world champion.

Athletic career

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Opalew won a silver medal in the single Canadier over 500 m. With 2: 25.809 min he was almost a second behind the gold medalist György Kolonics from Hungary.

Opalew (3rd from left) in the Moscow Kremlin at a meeting of the 2008 Olympic medalists with Russian President D. Medvedev

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Opalew was third behind the German Andreas Dittmer and the Spaniard David Cal in the single canoe over 500 m with 1: 47.767 min .

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Opalew was able to win the gold medal in the single Canadier over 500 m. With 1: 47.140 min he crossed the finish line about a second ahead of David Cal.

From 1997 to 2007 Opalew won 11 gold, 6 silver and 3 bronze medals at the Canoe World Championships .

From 1999 to 2010 Opalew won 14 gold, 6 silver and 3 bronze medals at the European Canoeing Championships.

Opalew is the world record holder for the distance of 500 meters in singles (1: 45.614 min, 2002, Szeged). In 1999 he was voted the best athlete in Russia.

Life after exercise

After the European Championships in Trasona , Opalev resigned and became deputy chairman of the Volgograd Oblast Sports Committee . He is also the deputy chairman of the Sports Commission of the National Olympic Committee of Russia .

In 2009 Opalew decided to return to the sport to compete in the London Olympics in 2012 over the 200m distance. However, he could not qualify, in his place Ivan Shtyl traveled to London, who won a bronze medal.

Private

On December 27, 2008, Opalew married Olga Tscheblakowa, with whom he had been together for 11 years.

Awards (selection)

• 2009: Order of Honor
• 2001: Order of Friendship
• 1999: Honored Master of Sports of Russia

Web links

Commons : Maxim Opalew  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Maxim Alexandrowitsch Opalew in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Maxim Opalew on canoeresults.eu (English)
• Short biography of Opalews as a member of the Russian team at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing (Russian and English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results Canoe Single (C1) 500m Men Final ( Memento from August 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) - results.beijing2008.cn (English)
2. ↑ Чемпион мира по гребле на каноэ Максим Опалев newizv.ru from August 23, 2006
3. ↑ Brief biography of Maxim Opalew. peoples.ru, accessed January 20, 2016 (Russian). 
4. ↑ Maxim Opalew. volgastars.ru, October 6, 2008, accessed January 20, 2016 (Russian). 
5. ↑ Сергей Смышляев, Вероника Столбунова: Олимпийский чемпион-2008 каноист Опалев официально официально официально официально завершил. rsport.ru, August 10, 2014, accessed January 20, 2016 (Russian). 
6. ↑ Состав комиссии спортсменов при Олимпийском комитете России ( Memento from April 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) - olympic.ru (Russian)
7. ↑ Опалев вернулся в спорт с прицелом на Лондон-2012 sport-express.ru from November 11, 2009 (Russian)
8. ↑ Ekaterina Podvinzewa: Максим Опалев отметил свадьбу в ресторане. kp.ru, January 4, 2009, accessed January 20, 2016 (Russian). 
9. ↑ УКАЗ Президента РФ от 02.08.2009 N 885 "О награждении государственными наградами РФ"
10. ↑ Указ Президента РФ от 19 апреля 2001 г. N 450 "О награждении государственными наградами Российской Федерации спортсменов, тренеров, работников физической культуры и спорта ( Memento of the original January 21, 2016 Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested Please review the original and archive link under. Instructions and then remove this notice. 
11. ↑ Opalew Maxim Alexandrovich. biografija.ru, accessed January 20, 2016 (Russian).