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Canoeing At The 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 1000 Metres
The men's K-1 1000 metres event was an individual kayaking event conducted as part of the Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held at the Sydney International Regatta Centre for the sprint events and the Whitewater Stadium in Penrith for the canoe and kayak slalom disciplines. The repechage rounds that ran from the 1960 to th ... program. Medalists Results Heats The top six finishers from each of the heats and the three fastest finisher advanced directly to the semifinals. Overall Results Heats Semifinals The top three finishers from each of the semi-finals advanced to the final. Overall Results Semi-Finals Liwowski's disqualification was not disclosed in the official report. Final Holmann took the lead at 350 meters, then held off a late challenge from Merkov. The Bulgarian refused to attend the post-race press conference over media allegations he had failed a doping test in his home country. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kayak
A kayak is a small, narrow watercraft which is typically propelled by means of a double-bladed paddle. The word kayak originates from the Greenlandic word ''qajaq'' (). The traditional kayak has a covered deck and one or more cockpits, each seating one paddler. The cockpit is sometimes covered by a spray deck that prevents the entry of water from waves or spray, differentiating the craft from a canoe. The spray deck makes it possible for suitably skilled kayakers to roll the kayak: that is, to capsize and right it without it filling with water or ejecting the paddler. ] Some modern boats vary considerably from a traditional design but still claim the title "kayak", for instance in eliminating the cockpit by seating the paddler on top of the boat ("sit-on-top" kayaks); having inflated air chambers surrounding the boat; replacing the single hull with twin hulls; and replacing paddles with other human-powered propulsion methods, such as foot-powered rotational propellers and "fli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladyslav Tereshchenko
Vladyslav Tereshchenko (born 25 March 1972) is a Ukrainian sprint canoeist who competed from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s (decade). He was eliminated in the semifinals of both the K-1 500 m and the K-1 1000 m events at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Four years later in Sydney, Tereshchenko was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 1000 m event. ReferencesSports-Reference.com profile Olympic canoeists for Ukraine Ukrainian male canoeists 1972 births Living people Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Vladyslav Vladyslav ( uk, Владисла́в, Vladysláv ) or Volodyslav ( uk, Володисла́в, Volodysláv {{IPA, /wɔlɔdɪˈslɑu̯/) is a Ukrainian given name for males. The female variant is the same with the addition of 'a' at the end. The ... 21st-century Ukrainian sportspeople {{Ukraine-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emilio Merchán
Emilio Merchán Alonso (born 29 February 1976 in Zamora) is a Spanish sprint and marathon canoeist who has competed since the mid-1990s. He won a gold medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth. Merchán also competed in two Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fifth in the K-4 1000 m event at 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 ... in 1996. References Canoe09.ca profile* in ''La Opinion de Zamora'' newspaper 1976 births Living people Spanish male canoeists Olympic canoeists for Spain Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Medalists at the ICF Canoe Marathon World Championships 20th-century Span ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Kolganov
Michael "Misha" Kolganov (or Kalganov, he, מיכאל (מישה) קולגנוב, russian: Михаил Калганов; born October 24, 1974) is a USSR-born Israeli sprint kayaker and former world champion (1998–99). Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the K-1 500 m event at Sydney in 2000. He was the flag bearer for Israel during the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Early life Mikhail Kolganov was born in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union. He is Jewish. and took up canoeing at the age of 14. "I was a fat young boy," he recalled, "and my parents were looking for a hobby for me that would help me lose weight." Kolganov's older brother Andrei also represented the Soviet Union, and was a Soviet youth champion at kayak competition. Kolganov immigrated to Israel in 1995. He has represented Israel in competition since 1997. Kolganov was K-1 200 m world champion in 1998 and 1999, and earned a K-1 500 m silver in 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mihai Apostol
Mihai Apostol (born April 28, 1971) is a Canadian sprint canoer who competed from the early-1990s to the early 2000s. Apostol was born in Romania, but defected to Canada with two teammates while attending the 1989 world junior paddling championship in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. He was 18 years old at the time. After defecting, Apostol took up residence in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and adapted well to life in Canada by making the Canadian National Kayak team in 1991 and moving from Halifax to Vancouver to join the rest of the team. In Vancouver, supporting himself and without the financial help that most of his teammates received from their families, Mihai worked part-time while attending college (Douglas College, New Westminster BC) and trained full-time with the National Team. Despite moving to Vancouver, Apostol continued to represent Banook Canoe Club at the club level and eventually became a world-class sprint kayaker, excelling especially in shorter sprints. He achieved Canadian c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Bachmann
Adrian Bachmann (born 12 July 1976) is a Switzerland, Swiss canoe racing, sprint canoer who competed in the early 2000s. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, he was eliminated in the semifinals of both the Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 500 metres, K-1 500 m and the Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 1000 metres, K-1 1000 m events. ReferencesSports-Reference.com profile 1976 births Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists of Switzerland Swiss male canoeists {{Switzerland-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafał Głażewski
Rafał Głażewski (born April 9, 1980 in Gorzów Wielkopolski) is a Polish sprint canoer who competed in the early to mid-2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of eighth in the K-4 1000 m event at Athens in 2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 .... References Sports-Reference.com profile 1980 births Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Poland Polish male canoeists Sportspeople from Gorzów Wielkopolski {{Poland-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Grushikhin
Vladimir Grushikin (russian: Владимир Юрьевич Грушихин; born 11 June 1971 in Moscow, Russian SFSR) is an Armenian-Russian sprint canoeist who competed for Armenia in the early 2000s before competing for Russia in the mid-2000s. He won a bronze medal in the K-4 500 m at the 2003 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Gainesville for Russia. Grushikhin also competed in two Summer Olympics. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney competing for Armenia, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 1000 m event while being disqualified in the semifinals of the K-1 500 m event. Four years later in Athens, competing for Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ..., Gurshikhin was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 1000 m event while fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clint Robinson (canoeist)
Clint David Robinson, OAM (born 27 July 1972) is an Australian sprint kayaker and surf lifesaver who has won a complete set of medals at the Summer Olympics (gold: 1992 K-1 1000 m, silver: 2004: K-2 500 m, bronze: 1996 K-1 1000 m). Career Robinson was born in Brisbane and grew up in Nambour on the Sunshine Coast of Queensland. A junior surf lifesaving champion, he won the Cadet Malibu Board Race at the 1987 National Surf Lifesaving Championships and the following year he was invited to train with the Australian Olympic kayak squad. Robinson would go on to compete in five Summer Olympics. Clint Robinson became Australia's first canoe / kayak gold medallist when he defeated the Norwegian World Champion Knut Holmann to win the K-1 1000 m final at Barcelona in 1992. Robinson paddled magnificently in his Barcelona final, holding off sustained challenges from Greg Barton (US) and Marin Popescu (Romania), then emptying every reserve of energy in a finish that ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Lubac
Pierre Lubac (born 17 February 1968) is a French sprint canoer who competed from the late 1980s to the early 2000s (decade). Competing in four Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth in the K-2 1000 m event at Atlanta in 1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 .... ReferencesSports-reference.com profile 1968 births Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics French male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for France {{France-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torsten Tranum
Torsten Tranum (born July 24, 1979) is a Danish sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1990s and the early 2000s. He won a bronze medal in the K-1 1000 m event at the 1999 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Milan. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ..., he finished sixth in the K-1 1000 m event. References * *Sports-reference.com profile 1979 births Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Danish male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for Denmark ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Place of birth missing (living people) {{Denmark-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nader Eivazi
Nader Eivazi Khiarak ( fa, نادر عیوضی خیارك , born 22 February 1975) is an Iranian sprint canoer who competed in the early 2000s. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ..., he was eliminated in the heats of both the K-1 500 m and the K-1 1000 m events. External links * * 1975 births Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Iranian male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for Iran Place of birth missing (living people) {{Iran-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
