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2002 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 2002 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Seville, Spain. The men's competition consisted of nine Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Women competed in nine events, all in kayak. This was the 32nd championships in canoe sprint. Doping controversy Dmitiry Sabin of Ukraine won the silver in the C-1 200 m event, but was disqualified when he tested positive for doping. Sabin became the first person to fail a doping test in canoe sprint at an Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896 ** Summer Olympic Games ** Winter Olympic Games * Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece b ... or world championship level though he did compete at the following year's world championships. Medal summary Men's Non-Olympic classes Canoe Kayak Women's Non-Olympic classes Kayak Medal table ReferencesICF medalists for Olympic and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seville
Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula. Seville has a municipal population of about 685,000 , and a metropolitan population of about 1.5 million, making it the largest city in Andalusia, the fourth-largest city in Spain and the 26th most populous municipality in the European Union. Its old town, with an area of , contains three UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the Alcázar palace complex, the Cathedral and the General Archive of the Indies. The Seville harbour, located about from the Atlantic Ocean, is the only river port in Spain. The capital of Andalusia features hot temperatures in the summer, with daily maximums routinely above in July and August. Seville was founded as the Roman city of . Known as ''Ishbiliyah'' after the Islamic conquest in 711, Seville became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibrahim Rojas
Ibrahim Rojas Blanco (born October 10, 1975 in Santa Cruz del Sur, Camagüey) is a Cuban sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1990s to the mid-2000s. In 2001 he and partner Leobaldo Pereira won Cuba's first-ever world championship gold medal. In all Rojas won three world titles and was Pan American champion four times. He also won silver medals at both the Sydney and Athens Olympics. All his medals came in the two-man (C-2) Canadian canoe discipline, first with Pereira and later with Ledis Balceiro Ledis Frank Balceiro Pajon (born April 18, 1975 in Matanzas) is a Cuban sprint canoeist who competed from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s. In 1995 Balceiro became the first-ever Cuban canoeist to win a major international title, t .... Rojas would win eight world championship medals in his career. References * * * 1975 births Living people People from Santa Cruz del Sur Cuban male canoeists Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Scarola
Michael "Mike" Scarola (born January 26, 1976 in Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian sprint canoer and marathon canoeist who competed in the early 2000s. He won a bronze medal in the C-2 1000 m event at the 2002 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Seville, Spain and also won a silver medal in C-2 (canoe doubles) at the ICF World Marathon Canoe Kayak Championships in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia in 2000. Mike also finished sixth in the C-2 1000 m event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates .... Mike was a member of Canada's Senior National Sprint Canoe Kayak Team for 7 years. Following his athletic career, Mike joined the Royal Bank of Canada where he held various positions including working in Investment Banking in Toronto with RBC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Dalton (canoeist)
Richard Dalton (born 27 August 1979) is an Ireland, Irish-born, Canadians, Canadian canoe racing, sprint canoeist. He has won three bronze medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships (C-1 200 m: 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, 2010 - tied with Ukraine's Yuriy Cheban, C-1 1000 m: 2005 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, 2005, C-2 1000 m: 2002 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, 2002). He also won a C-2 silver medal at the 2000 world marathon championships in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The distance at a marathon event varies between 36 and 40 km. Dalton competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, earning sixth place in both the Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 500 metres, C-1 500 m and Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres, C-1 1000 m events. References * *Sports-reference.com profile 1979 births Canadian male canoeists Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2011 Pan American Games Iris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michał Śliwiński
Michał Śliwiński (Mykhaylo Slyvynsky uk, Михайло Сливинський; born February 5, 1970 in Dobrotvir, Ukrainian SSR) is a Soviet/ Ukrainian/Polish sprint canoer, who has won six world championship titles over his long career. An ethnic Pole from Ukraine, Śliwiński represented the USSR at the 1988 Olympics, winning the Canadian canoe C-1 500 m silver medal at the age of only eighteen. Over the next three years he dominated the event, winning consecutive world championship gold medals in 1989, 1990 and 1991. However, in the 1992 Olympics he had to settle for another silver medal behind Nikolay Bukhalov of Bulgaria. The break-up of the Soviet Union affected Śliwiński's career greatly as the newly independent Ukraine did not win any world championship gold medals during the 1990s. Śliwiński, now specialising in the short sprint 200 m races, was still regarded as a top competitor at international events but he endured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcin Kobierski
Marcin Kobierski (born April 13, 1977) is a Polish sprint canoer who competed from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. He won two gold medals in the C-2 1000 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, earning them in 2001 and 2002. Kobierski also competed in the C-2 500 m event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ..., but was eliminated in the semifinal round. References * * * 1977 births Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Doping cases in canoeing Living people Olympic canoeists of Poland Polish male canoeists Polish sportspeople in doping cases People from Człuchów ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian Sportspeople from Pomeranian Voivodeship 20th-century Polish people [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Kostoglod
Aleksandr Viktorovich Kostoglod (russian: Александр Викторович Костоглод, born 31 May 1974) is a Soviet-born, Russian sprint canoeist who has competed since the early 1990s. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won three medals with two silvers (2004: C-2 1000 m, 2008: C-2 500 m) and one bronze (2004: C-2 500 m). Kostoglod is a six-time world champion gold medallist in the Canadian canoe (C) events. Kostoglod did not take up canoeing until the age of fourteen, at the suggestion of family friend and double world champion Vladimir Ladosha. Within a year he was champion of the USSR in his age group. By 18 he was senior national champion and competing at the Barcelona Olympics, He was disappointed to finish tenth in the C-1 1000 m but has since admitted that as a youngster he was relying on his natural strength to make up for his lack of technique. It did not help that his coach Alexander Abramiants was excluded from the Unified Team delegation to Bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergey Ulegin
Sergey Ulegin (born October 8, 1977 in Engels) is a Russian canoeist who has been competing since 2001 He won a silver in the men's C-2 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. At the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, Ulegin has won four medals with two golds (C-2 500 m: 2006, C-4 200 m: 2002), a silver (C-4 200 m: 2009), and a bronze (C-2 500 m: 2002).ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships - Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936-2007. - accessed January 21, 2009. Doping controversy At the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silviu Simioncencu
Silviu Simioncencu (born December 13, 1975, in Crişan, Tulcea) is a Romanian sprint canoer and three-time world champion in the Canadian canoe events. He won his first major title at the European championships in 2002, winning the C2 1000m final with Florin Popescu. In 2003 they became world champions at Gainesville, USA. Simioncencu was also a member of Romania's C-4 500 m crew which crossed the line second but was later awarded the gold medal after Russian Sergey Ulegin failed a doping test. A fourth-place finish in the C-4 200 m was also upgraded to bronze for the same reason. In 2004 Simioncencu also won a C-4 500 m gold medal at the European championships, this time without the aid of disqualifications. At the Athens Olympics Simioncencu and Popescu were unlucky to miss a medal, finishing fourth in both C-2 finals ( 500 m and 1000 m). In 2005, despite having changed two crew members, the Romanians retained their European C-4 title and went on to win the Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florin Popescu
Florin Popescu (born 30 August 1974 in Iancu Jianu, Olt) is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1990s to 2005. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two Olympic medals at Sydney in 2000 with teammate Mitică Pricop (gold: C-2 1000 m, bronze: C-2 500 m). He won a total of seven world championship gold medals (and nineteen total) as well as seven European championship golds, making him the most successful Romanian paddler of modern times. Injury forced Popescu to retire at the end of the 2005 season after winning his seventh world title (C-4 500 m) at the World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. Popescu is 183 cm (6'0") tall and raced at 79 kg (174 lbs). He lists his interests as football, motor racing and handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ionel Averian
Ionel Averian (born 2 October 1976 in Hârșova, Constanța County) is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. He won ten medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (C-4 500 m: 2001, 2002), four silvers (C-2 200 m: 2001, C-4 500 m: 1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ..., 2001; C-4 1000 m: 1999), and four bronzes (C-2 200 m: 2002, C-4 200 m: 1999, 2002; C-4 1000 m: 2001). References * *Photo 1 Living people People from Hârșova Romanian male canoeists 1976 births ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian {{Romania-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikhail Vartolemei
Mihail Vartolemei is a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships are an international event in canoe racing, one of two Summer Olympic sport events organized by the International Canoe Federation (the other being the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships). The World Cham ... with two gold (C-4 500 m: 2001, 2002), a silver (C-2 200 m: 2001), and three bronzes (C-2 200 m: 2002, C-4 200 m: 2002, C-4 1000 m: 2001). References * * Living people Romanian male canoeists Year of birth missing (living people) ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian Place of birth missing (living people) {{Romania-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
