Aliaksandr Bahdanovich

Aliaksandr Viktaravich Bahdanovich (Belarusian: Аляксандр Віктаравіч Багдановіч, born 29 April 1982) is a Belarusian sprint canoeist. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the C-2 1000 m event at Beijing in 2008 together with Andrei Bahdanovich. They won silver in the same event in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. At the 2004 Games, he finished sixth in the C-2 500 m event, rowing with Aleksandr Kurlyandchik.[1]

Aliaksandr Bahdanovich
Andrei and Aliaksandr Bahdanovich (right) on a 2010 Belarusian stamp
Personal information
Born29 April 1982 (1982-04-29) (age 41)
Mahilyow, Belarus
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight97 kg (214 lb)
Sport
SportCanoe sprint
ClubDynamo Babruysk,
Dynamo Mahilyow
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing C-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2012 London C-2 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Dartmouth C-4 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2001 Poznań C-4 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2010 Poznań C-2 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Seville C-4 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Zagreb C-4 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Szeged C-4 1000 m
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2011 Belgrade C-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2011 Belgrade C-4 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Zagreb C-2 1000 m
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku C-2 1000 m

Bahdanovich also won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (C-4 200 m: 2009), two silvers (C-2 1000 m: 2010, C-4 1000 m: 2001) and three bronzes (C-4 200 m: 2005, C-4 1000 m: 2002, 2006).

References edit

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aleksandr Bogdanovich". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016.

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