Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Chrenkow
Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Chrenkow ( Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Хренко́в ; born July 15, 1984 in Schelesnogorsk ; † June 2, 2014 in the Krasnoyarsk region ) was a Russian bobsleigh .
Life
In 2011 and 2012, he won silver medals at the European Championships in Alexander Zubkov's four-man bobsleigh . At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , he finished 15th in the four-man bobsleigh. He died in a traffic accident on the road from Krasnoyarsk to his hometown of Zheleznogorsk , where he wanted to visit his parents. His car collided with an oncoming vehicle while overtaking.
Web links
- Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Chrenkow in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Death of Russian Athlete Nikolai Khrenkov a 'Great Loss' , June 2, 2014, The Moscow Times
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| SURNAME | Chrenkow, Nikolai Nikolajewitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Хренков, Николай Николаевич (Russian spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian bob pusher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 15, 1984 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zheleznogorsk |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd June 2014 |
| Place of death | Krasnoyarsk Territory |