Yevgeniy Alexeyev (canoeist)

Yevgeniy Petrovich Alexeyev (Kazakh: Евгений Петрович Алексеев; born December 11, 1977 in Shymkent) is a Kazakhstani sprint canoeist.[1][2] He won a gold medal, as a member of the Kazakhstan men's kayak four, at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, and silver at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.[3] He also captured a bronze medal, along with his partner Alexey Podoinikov in the men's kayak doubles (1000 m) at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar.[4]

Yevgeniy Alexeyev
Personal information
Full nameYevgeniy Petrovich Alexeyev
Nationality Kazakhstan
Born (1977-12-11) 11 December 1977
Shymkent, Kazakhstan, Soviet Union
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
SportCanoeing
Event(s)Sprint canoe
ClubCSKA Almaty[1]
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Kazakhstan
Asian Games
2002 Busan K-4 500 m
2002 Busan K-4 1000 m
2010 Guangzhou K-4 1000 m
2006 Doha K-2 1000 m

Alexeyev qualified for the men's K-2 1000 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by placing first from the 2011 Asian Canoe Sprint Championships in Tehran, Iran.[5] Alexeyev and his partner Alexey Dergunov paddled to a third-place finish, and eleventh overall in the B-final by approximately two seconds behind the winning Danish pair Kim Wraae Knudsen and Emil Stær Simensen, posting their best Olympic time of 3:14.867.[6] Three days later, the Kazakh pair edged out Japan's Momotaro Matsushita and Hiroki Watanabe for first place by twenty-four hundredths of a second (0.24), in the B-final of the men's K-2 200 metres, clocking at 35.494 seconds.[7]

References
  1. "Yevgeniy Alexeyev". London 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yevgeniy Alexeyev". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  3. "Uzbekistan wins men's kayak four 1000m gold at Asiad". Xinhua News Agency. 25 November 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  4. "Chinese duo add another kayak gold". Xinhua News Agency. 11 December 2006. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  5. "14th Asian Canoe Sprint Championships – Men's K2 1000m" (PDF). Japan Canoe Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  6. "Men's Kayak Double (K2) 1000m Final B". London 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
  7. "Men's Kayak Double (K2) 200m Final B". London 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2013.


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