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Aleksejs Rumjancevs

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Aleksejs Rumjancevs
Rumjancevs at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
NationalityLatvian
Born (1986-02-13) 13 February 1986 (age 38)
Rīga, Latvia[1]
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Weight90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Country Latvia
SportCanoe sprint
EventKayak
Coached byGenadijs Zujevs[3]
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Latvia
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Račice K-1 200 m
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Baku K-1 200 m
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Milan K-1 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Moscow K-1 200 m

Aleksejs Rumjancevs (born 13 February 1986) is a Latvian sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. Together with Krists Straume he finished 11th place in the K-2 200 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[4][1] At the 2016 Olympics, he placed fifth in the individual 200 m race. He was the flag bearer for Latvia during the closing ceremony.[2]

Rumjancevs took up kayaking in 2004. He is married to Julia.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aleksejs Rumjancevs". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
  2. ^ a b Aleksejs Rumjancevs Archived 2016-08-26 at the Wayback Machine Rio2016.com
  3. ^ a b Aleksejs Rumjancevs Archived 2016-09-20 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
  4. ^ Celmiņš, Jānis (21 August 2011). "Straume un Rumjancevs izcīna 6. vietu un iegūst ceļazīmi uz olimpiskajām spēlēm" (in Latvian). Sportacentrs.com. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
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