Dmitri Dovgalenok (Sometimes listed as Dmitry Dovgalenok, born 14 December 1971), is a

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-born

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ian sprint canoeist who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s (decade). He was born in

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. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a gold in the C-2 500 m event at

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in 1992 representing the Unified Team. Dovgalenok also won a gold medal in the C-2 200 m event at the 1994 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in

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* * * 1971 births Living people Sportspeople from Minsk Belarusian male canoeists Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists of Belarus Olympic canoeists of the Unified Team Soviet male canoeists Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian {{USSR-canoe-bio-stub Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the Unified Team