Maxim Alexandrovich Opalev
Maxim Opalew | |||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||
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discipline | Canoe slalom | ||||||||||||
Boat class | Canadians | ||||||||||||
society | Spartak Voronezh | ||||||||||||
status | resigned | ||||||||||||
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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.
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
- 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
- ↑ Results Canoe Single (C1) 500m Men Final ( Memento from August 27, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) - results.beijing2008.cn (English)
- ↑ Чемпион мира по гребле на каноэ Максим Опалев newizv.ru from August 23, 2006
- ↑ Brief biography of Maxim Opalew. peoples.ru, accessed January 20, 2016 (Russian).
- ↑ Maxim Opalew. volgastars.ru, October 6, 2008, accessed January 20, 2016 (Russian).
- ↑ Сергей Смышляев, Вероника Столбунова: Олимпийский чемпион-2008 каноист Опалев официально официально официально официально завершил. rsport.ru, August 10, 2014, accessed January 20, 2016 (Russian).
- ↑ Состав комиссии спортсменов при Олимпийском комитете России ( Memento from April 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) - olympic.ru (Russian)
- ↑ Опалев вернулся в спорт с прицелом на Лондон-2012 sport-express.ru from November 11, 2009 (Russian)
- ↑ Ekaterina Podvinzewa: Максим Опалев отметил свадьбу в ресторане. kp.ru, January 4, 2009, accessed January 20, 2016 (Russian).
- ↑ УКАЗ Президента РФ от 02.08.2009 N 885 "О награждении государственными наградами РФ"
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Opalew Maxim Alexandrovich. biografija.ru, accessed January 20, 2016 (Russian).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Opalew, Maxim Alexandrovich |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Опалев, Максим Александрович (Russian); Opalev, Maksim Aleksandrovich (English) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian canoeist and Olympic champion |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 4th 1979 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Volgograd , Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic , Soviet Union |