Valentyn Babii
Valentyn ( uk, Валентин) is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Valentyn Demyanenko, Ukrainian sprint canoeist * Valentyn Grekov (born 1976), Ukrainian judoka * Valentyn Kravchuk (born 1944), Ukrainian rower * Valentyn Poltavets, (born 1968), Ukrainian football midfielder * Valentyn Rechmedin (1916–1986) Ukrainian journalist and writer * Valentyn Slyusar, Ukrainian football midfielder * Valentyn Symonenko (born 1940), Ukrainian statesman {{given name Ukrainian masculine given names ...
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Valentyn Demyanenko
Valentin Demyanenko (), born 23 October 1983 in Cherkasy, is a former Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani flatwater canoeist. He is a four times world champion, three times European champion and silver medalist of 2016 Summer Olympics in C-1 200 metres. Career Demyanenko was a late developer and only came to prominence in 2004 with a shock victory in the C-1 500m final at the European under-23 championships in Poznań, Poland. His time of under 1:50 was comparable with those recorded by the finalists at the Athens Olympics. In 2005 his coaches judged he was ready to take on the seniors but no one expected what was to follow. In his first international appearance as a senior he won a silver medal at the 2005 European championships in the C-1 200m sprint, just one tenth of a second behind the three-times champion Maxim Opalev of Russia. The following month, at the 2005 Flatwater Racing World Championships at Zagreb, Croatia, he was entered in two events. In the C-1 500m he came fourth ...
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