Oleksandr Schaparenko

Oleksandr Maksymowytsch Schaparenko ( Ukrainian Олександр Максимович Шапаренко ; born February 16, 1946 in Stepanivka , Ukrainian SSR ) is a former Soviet canoeist who was twice Olympic champion.

Career

Schaparenko belonged to the Avangard Sumy club and, in addition to his athletic career, completed a sports degree. In 1966 he won the title in a single kayak at the World Championships in East Berlin and, together with Jurij Stezenko, the title in a two- person kayak over 1000 meters each. In a four-man kayak, the Soviet four-man with Schaparenko, Stezenko, Volodymyr Morozov and Georgiy Karyuchin won the bronze medal. The following year Schaparenko won the title in the one over 1000 meters at the European Championships.

At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, Schaparenko finished second behind the Hungarian Mihály Hesz in the single, just under a second behind . 35 minutes later he won together with Wolodymyr Morosow in a two-man with a second advantage over the Hungarians Csaba Giczy and István Timár . In 1969 Schaparenko won the titles over 1000 meters at the European Championships in one and with Morosow in two. In the four, the boat from the GDR won ahead of the Romanians and the Soviet crew.

From 1970 the European championships ceased, instead world championships took place in all non-Olympic years. At the 1970 World Championships , Schaparenko won the title in the one over 1000 meters. In 1971 in Belgrade the Pole Grzegorz Śledziewski won ahead of the Swedes Lars Andersson and Schaparenko. At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Schaparenko won his run ahead of GDR canoeists Joachim Mattern and Grzegorz Śledziewski. In the semifinals he met the Swedish Olympic champion from 1964 Rolf Peterson and won with a one and a half second lead. In the final, Peterson and Schaparenko fought for gold and silver, at the finish Schaparenko had 0.29 seconds ahead of the Swedes; Bronze went to the Hungarian Géza Csapó .

1973 at the World Championships in Tampere Csapó won over 1000 meters before Śledziewski and Schaparenko. Schaparenko won over 10,000 meters ahead of the Hungarian Péter Völgyi . 1974 in Mexico City Schaparenko received only silver over 10,000 meters behind the Italian Oreste Perri . At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Schaparenko reached the final over 1000 meters in one and finished fifth.

At the world championships in 1977 , 1978 and 1979 the Soviet four-man with Schaparenko won over 10,000 meters. In 1977 he also won silver in the foursome over 1000 meters and in 1979 bronze again. For the 1980 Olympic Games Schaparenko could no longer qualify.

literature

• Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984 . Sportverlag Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 .

Web links

• Oleksandr Schaparenko in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• The world championship results over 1000 meters on Sport-Complete
• The world championship results over 10,000 meters on Sport-Complete
• The European championship results over 1000 meters on Sport-Complete