Oleg Zhestkov
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Full name | Oleg Aleksandrovich Zhestkov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Omsk, Russia[1] | 20 January 1987|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 98 kg (216 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Canoe sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Dynamo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Alexander Shishkin[3] V.S. Mikhailovsky[1] Alexander Zhdanov (national)[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[4]
Zhestkov was born in Omsk, but later moved to Krasnodar.[1] He took up kayaking following his two brothers, his mother and his cousin.[4]
References
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- ^ a b c ЖЕСТКОВ Олег Александрович. komanda2016.ru
- ^ Oleg Zhestkov. rio2016.com
- ^ Oleg Zhestkov. london2012.com
- ^ a b c Oleg Zhestkov. nbcolympics.com
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- Russian male canoeists
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- Olympic canoeists of Russia
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- Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
- Canoeists at the 2015 European Games
- European Games competitors for Russia
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