Ruslan Naurzaliev

Ruslan Naurzaliev
Personal information
Nationality	Uzbekistan
Born	21 December 1984 (age 39); Shirin, Uzbek SSR
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	Republican WSS
Coached by	Zamir Baymuratov

Ruslan Naurzaliev (Uzbek: Руслан Наурзалиев; born December 21, 1984 in Shirin) is an Uzbekistani rower.^[1] He is also a member of Republican WSS Rowing Club, and is coached and trained by Zamir Baymuratov.

At age nineteen, Naurzaliev made his official debut for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he and his partner Sergey Bogdanov finished fifth in the semi-final round of the men's lightweight double sculls, with a time of 6:45.47.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Naurzaliev competed as the nation's lone rower in the men's single sculls, an event which was later dominated by defending Olympic champion Olaf Tufte of Norway. He came only in third place and twenty-sixth overall of this event by three seconds behind Iran's Mohsen Shadi, with a time of 7:06.54.^[2]

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ruslan Naurzaliev". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
^ "Men's Single Sculls – Final E". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 22 December 2012.

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[1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ruslan Naurzaliev". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 22 December 2012.

[2] "Men's Single Sculls – Final E". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 22 December 2012.

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