Igor Trofymov (until 1992 Karpak; born 4 August 1960) is an Estonian sailor and coach. He was born in Pavlograd, Ukraine. In 1982 he graduated from Metallurgy Academy in Ukraine. He started his sailing competitions in 1972. In 1981 he won bronze medal at Soviet Union Championships. In 1981 he placed 5th at

Kiel Regatta The Kiel Week (german: Kieler Woche) or Kiel Regatta is an annual sailing event in Kiel, the capital of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the largest sailing event in Europe, and also one of the largest Volksfeste in Germany, attracting m ...

. Since 1998 he has been working as a sailing coach. Students:

Deniss Karpak Deniss Karpak (born 18 July 1986) is an Estonian sailor. Karpak was born in Tallinn. He finished 24th at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Laser class. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he finished 11th in the Finn class and at the 2016 Summer Olympics ...

. In 2004, 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2012 he was named Best Sailing Coach of Estonia.

Personal

His wife is former swimmer Marina Trofimova and son is sailor

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Living people 1960 births Estonian male sailors (sport) Estonian sports coaches {{Estonia-yachtracing-bio-stub