Oleg Zhestkov

Oleg Zhestkov

Zhestkov at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Oleg Aleksandrovich Zhestkov
Born	(1987-01-20) 20 January 1987 Omsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	98 kg (216 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Canoe sprint
Club	Dynamo
Coached by	Alexander Shishkin V.S. Mikhailovsky Alexander Zhdanov (national)
Medal record Representing Russia World Championships 2011 Szeged K–4 1000 m 2013 Duisburg K–4 1000 m European Championships 2016 Moscow K–4 1000 m Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan K–4 500 m 2013 Kazan K–4 1000 m

Oleg Aleksandrovich Zhestkov (Russian: Олег Александрвоич Жестков; born 20 January 1987) is a Russian sprint canoeist who competes in the four-man K-4 1000 m event. He won the world title in 2013, placing third in 2011, and had a silver medal at the 2016 European Championships. His teams finished seventh at the 2012 and ninth at the 2016 Olympics.

In March 2019 Zhestkov tested positive for the banned substance EPO, receiving a four-year ban.

Zhestkov was born in Omsk, but later moved to Krasnodar. He took up kayaking following his two brothers, his mother and his cousin.