Aleksey Dmitrievich Kamkin (Russian: Алексей Дмитриевич Камкин, born 15 October 1952) is a retired Russian rower who had his best achievements in the coxless fours, together with Valeriy Dolinin, Aleksandr Kulagin and Vitaly Eliseyev. In this event they won a world title in 1981 and silver medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics and 1982 World Rowing Championships.[1][2][3]
 Kamkin, Dolinin, Kulagin and Eliseyev at the 1980 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Aleksey Dmitrievich Kamkin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 October 1952 (age 71) Kaliningrad, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | VS Leningrad | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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After retiring from competition Kamkin worked as a rowing coach at the national level. Between 1984 and 1991 he coached the Soviet Army team and prepared two national champions.[4]
References edit
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aleksey Kamkin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
- ^ "Alexei Kamkin". RowingOne.com. World Rowing. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014.
- ^ "Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften – Vierer ohne Steuermann" [Rowing - World Championships - Coxless four]. sport-komplett.de (in German).
- ^ "Камкин Алексей Дмитриевич" [Kamkin Alexey Dmitrievich]. lesgaft.spb.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 16 January 2014.
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