Alexey Viktorovich Dergunov (Russian: Алексей Викторович Дергунов; born 16 September 1984) is a Kazakhstani canoe sprinter who won a gold and a silver medal in doubles (K-2 200 m and 1000 m) at the 2014 Asian Games. Earlier at the 2008 Summer Olympics he was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 500 m event (with Dmitry Kaltenberger). At the 2012 Summer Olympics, competing with Yevgeny Alekseyev, he was knocked out in the first round of the K-2 200 m but reached the semifinals of the K-2 1000 m.[1] At the 2016 Rio Games he failed to reach the finals of the K-1 200 m and K-2 1000 m events.[2]
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Born | 16 September 1984 Oral, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union[1] | (age 40)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Canoe sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Akzhayik[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Andrey Shantarovich (national) Alexander Akunishnikov (personal)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dergunov took up kayaking in 1996. He has a degree in physical education from West Kazakhstan State University. He is married to Natalia and has a son Nikon.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Alexey Dergunov Archived 14 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ a b Alexey Dergunov Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
- ^ a b c Alexey Dergunov. nbcolympics.com