Valery Dossenko

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Valery Andrijowitsch Dossenko ( Ukrainian Валерій Андрійович Досенко ; Russian Валерий Андреевич Досенко / Valeri Andrejewitsch Dossenko ; born April 25, 1965 in Cherson ) is a former Soviet rower .

Dossenko first came into focus at the 1986 World Rowing Championships when he won the title with the Soviet double foursome , followed by the second title in 1987 . At the Olympic Games in 1988 , only Sergei Kinjakin from the world championship boat sat in the quad scull , while the newly assembled boat rowed to fourth place. At the World Rowing Championships in 1989 Dossenko formed a double scull with Kirjakin and reached seventh place. In 1990, the two switched back to the double fours, with which they could become world champions again in 1990 and 1991 . At the 1992 Olympicsthe double foursome entered the world championship line-up of 1990 and 1991 for the CIS , but could not qualify for the final and took seventh place in the final accounts.

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