Aleksejs Rumjancevs (born 13 February 1986) is a Latvian sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. Together with Krists Straume he finished 11th place in the K-2 200 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[4][1] At the 2016 Olympics he placed fifth in the individual 200 m race. He was the flag bearer for Latvia during the closing ceremony.[2]
 Rumjancevs at the 2016 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Latvian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 February 1986 Rīga, Latvia[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Latvia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Canoe sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Kayak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Genadijs Zujevs[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rumjancevs took up kayaking in 2004. He is married to Julia.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aleksejs Rumjancevs". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
- ^ a b Aleksejs Rumjancevs Archived 2016-08-26 at the Wayback Machine Rio2016.com
- ^ a b Aleksejs Rumjancevs Archived 2016-09-20 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
- ^ Celmiņš, Jānis (21 August 2011). "Straume un Rumjancevs izcīna 6. vietu un iegūst ceļazīmi uz olimpiskajām spēlēm" (in Latvian). Sportacentrs.com. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
External links edit
Media related to Aleksejs Rumjancevs at Wikimedia Commons- Aleksejs Rumjancevs at the International Canoe Federation
- Aleksejs Rumjancevs at Olympedia
- Aleksejs Rumjancevs at Olympics.com
- Aleksejs Rumjancevs at Olympic.org (archived)
- Aleksejs Rumjancevs at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (in Latvian) (English translation, archive)
- LOV profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 23 May 2012) (in Latvian)
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