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1989 ICF Flatwater Racing World Championships
The 1989 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The men's competition consisted of eight Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Five events were held for the women, all in kayak. Men's C-4 500 m and C-4 1000 m were added along with women's K-1 5000 m and K-2 5000 m. This was the 22nd championships In sport, a championship is a competition in which the aim is to decide which individual or team is the champion. Championship systems Various forms of competition can be referred to by the term championship. Title match system In this system ... in canoe sprint. Medal summary Men's Canoe Kayak Women's Kayak Medals table ReferencesICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plovdiv
Plovdiv ( bg, Пловдив, ), is the second-largest city in Bulgaria, standing on the banks of the Maritsa river in the historical region of Thrace. It has a population of 346,893 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is the cultural capital of Bulgaria and was the European Capital of Culture in 2019. It is an important economic, transport, cultural, and educational center. Plovdiv joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities in 2016. Plovdiv is situated in a fertile region of south-central Bulgaria on the two banks of the Maritsa River. The city has historically developed on seven syenite hills, some of which are high. Because of these hills, Plovdiv is often referred to in Bulgaria as "The City of the Seven Hills". There is evidence of habitation in the area dating back to the 6th millennium BCE, when the first Neolithic settlements were established. The city was subsequently a local Thracians, Thracian settlement, later being conquered and ruled also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joël Bettin
Joël Bettin (born 6 July 1959) is a French sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, he won a bronze in the C-2 500 m event. Bettin also won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver (C-4 500 m: 1991) and two bronzes (C-2 500 m and C-4 500 m: both 1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...). References * *Sports-reference.com profile Sportspeople from Melun 1959 births Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics French male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for France Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics 20th-century French people 21s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ervin Hoffmann
Ervin Hoffmann is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. He won 11 medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four golds (C-4 200 m: 1995, C-4 500 m: 1993, 1994, 1995) and seven silvers (C-1 200 m: 1994, C-4 200 m: 1994, 1997; C-4 500 m: 1989, 1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...; C-4 1000 m: 1989, 1990). References * * Hungarian male canoeists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian 20th-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
György Zala (canoeist)
György Zala (born January 19, 1969 in Budapest) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from 1989 to 2001. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two bronze medals in the C-1 1000 m event, earning them in 1992 and 1996. Zala, a hyperactive child, took up canoeing at the age of 11. A great natural athlete despite suffering from asthma, it seemed he was only truly motivated by the Olympics. Between Olympiads he tended to fall out of sight, focussing instead on his other passions such as extreme sports. It was not until later in his career that he won any world or European championship titles. He took to his new role as the "old man" of the Hungarian four-man crew with enthusiasm, helping his younger teammates to victory in the C-4 1000 m event at the 2000 European Championships in Poznań. The following year he returned to Poznań, this time for the world championships and, despite injury, won two golds (C-4 200 m and C-4 1000 m). Zala also won six additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zsolt Varga (canoeist)
Zsolt Varga is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. He won a silver medal in the C-4 500 m event at the 1989 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Plovdiv Plovdiv ( bg, Пловдив, ), is the second-largest city in Bulgaria, standing on the banks of the Maritsa river in the historical region of Thrace. It has a population of 346,893 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is the c .... Philanthropy After concluding his major canoe racing career, he became a well-regarded supporter of children's rights and donated $79,000 to the Dream Foundation. References * * Hungarian male canoeists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian 20th-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attila Szabó (Hungarian Canoeist)
Attila Szabó (born 3 May 1963) is a Hungarian sprint canoeist who competed from 1987 to 1995. He won eleven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with five golds (C-2 500 m: 1991, C-4 200 m: 1995, C-4 500 m: 1993, 1994, 1995), five silvers (C-4 200 m: 1994, C-4 500 m: 1989, 1990; C-4 1000 m: 1989, 1990), and one bronze (C-1 500 m: 1987). Szabó also finished fourth in the C-1 500 m event at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ... in Seoul. References * * * 1963 births Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Hungarian male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists of Hungary ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian 20th-century Hungarian people {{Hungary-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Train
Stephen David "Steve" Train (born 23 February 1962) is a British sprint canoer and marathon canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 2000s (decade). He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two silvers (C-2 10000 m: 1985, 1995), and four bronzes (C-2 1000 m: 1997, C-2 10000 m: 1987, 1989, 1991). Between 1984 and 2000, Train competed in five Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of sixth twice ( C-1 1000 m in 1984 and C-2 1000 m in 1996). Train has also won three ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships, in 1988, 1996 and 1998, competing in C-2 with his brother Andrew Train Andrew John Train (born 21 September 1963) is a British sprint canoeist and marathon canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 2000s (decade). He won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two silvers (C-2 1 .... References External links * * 1962 births Living people English male canoeists British male canoeists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Train
Andrew John Train (born 21 September 1963) is a British sprint canoeist and marathon canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 2000s (decade). He won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two silvers (C-2 10000 m: 1985, 1995), and five bronzes (C-2 1000 m: 1997, C-1 10000 m: 1991, C-2 10000 m: 1987, 1989, 1991). Between 1984 and 2000, Train competed in five Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of sixth twice ( C-1 1000 m: 1992, C-2 1000 m: 1996). Train has also won three ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships, in 1988, 1996 and 1998, competing in C-2 with his brother Stephen Train Stephen David "Steve" Train (born 23 February 1962) is a British sprint canoer and marathon canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 2000s (decade). He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two silvers ( .... References External links * * 1963 births Living people British male canoeists ICF Canoe Sprint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valeriy Veshko
Valeriy Veshko (born 2 January 1966 in Volochysk, Ukrainian SSR) is a Soviet sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. He won nine medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with seven golds (C-2 1000 m: 1987, C-4 500 m: 1989, 1990, 1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...; C-4 1000 m: 1989, 1990, 1991), one silver (C-2 500 m: 1987), and one bronze (C-2 1000 m: 1989). References * * Living people Soviet male canoeists 1966 births People from Volochysk Ukrainian male canoeists ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Sportspeople from Khmelnytskyi Oblast {{Ukraine-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuriy Gurin
Yuriy Gurin (born 7 May 1966 in Berezne, Ukrainian SSR) is a Soviet sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. He won ten medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with seven golds (C-2 1000 m: 1987, C-4 500 m: 1989, 1990, 1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...; C-4 1000 m: 1989, 1990, 1991), one silver (C-2 500 m: 1987), and two bronzes (C-2 1000 m: 1989, 1990). References * * Living people Soviet male canoeists 1966 births Ukrainian male canoeists ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Sportspeople from Rivne Oblast {{Ukraine-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Didier Hoyer
Didier Hoyer (born 3 February 1961) is a French sprint canoer who competed from the early 1980s to the early 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two bronze medals in the C-2 1000 m event, earning them in 1984 and 1992. Hoyer also won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four silvers (C-2 1000 m: 1989, 1991, 1993; C-2 10000 m: 1989) and two bronzes (C-1 10000 m: 1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal ente ..., C-2 500 m: 1991). References * * * 1961 births Canoeists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics French male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists of France Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivier Boivin
Olivier Boivin (born June 6, 1965) is a French sprint canoer. Career Boivin competed from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s. He won a bronze medal in the C-2 1000 m event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He also won seven medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with four silvers (C-2 1000 m: 1989, 1991, 1993; C-2 10000 m: 1989) and three bronzes (C-2 200 m: 1994, C-2 500 m: 1991, C-4 200 m: 1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is O. J. Simpson murder case, acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the 1994, year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The ...). References * *Sports-reference.com profile 1965 births Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics French male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists of France Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian Medalists at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
