Igor Kuzmin (born 23 November 1982) is an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

n rower. He is a member of rowing club "SK Narva Energia" located in Narva.

Junior years

Kuzmin was born in

Narva Narva, russian: Нарва is a municipality and city in Estonia. It is located in Ida-Viru County, Ida-Viru county, at the Extreme points of Estonia, eastern extreme point of Estonia, on the west bank of the Narva (river), Narva river which ...

. In 2000 Kuzmin competed in the World Rowing Junior Championships in the single sculls event, finishing in 12th position. In 2002 he competed in the U-23 World Regatta with

Andrei Jämsä Andrei Jämsä (born 14 February 1982) is an Estonian rower. Due to a back injury he could not compete in 2007. He is a member of rowing club "Pärnu Sõudeklubi" (Pärnu Rowing Club) located in Pärnu. Junior years Jämsä was born in Pärnu. ...

in the double sculls event, finishing in 7th position.

Olympic Games

His first appearance in the Olympic Games was in

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, where he competed in the quadruple sculls event with Andrei Jämsä, Andrei Šilin and Oleg Vinogradov earning 9th position overall. Kuzmin's second appearance at the Olympics was in Beijing 2008 where he competed in the quadruple sculls event with Allar Raja, Vladimir Latin and Kaspar Taimsoo. The men were 4th in their preliminary heat and won the repechage. In the semifinals they finished fourth and did not get to Final A. The final place was 9th as they finished third in Final B.

World championships

Kuzmin debuted in the

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in 2002 in

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, he was a member of the quadruple sculls team with

Tõnu Endrekson Tõnu Endrekson (born 11 June 1979) is an Estonian rower. He is a five time Olympic finalist and dual Olympic medal winner. He was fourth in the double sculls event with Leonid Gulov at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and won a silver medal i ...

, Andrei Šilin, and Silver Sonntak. They won the Final B and earned 7th place. 2003 in

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he competed in the double sculls event with Jämsä, earning 9th position overall. Kuzmin won his first World Championships medal in 2006 in

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in the quadruple sculls event with Jämsä, Endrekson and Allar Raja. 2007 in

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he competed in the quadruple sculls event with Raja,

Vladimir Latin Vladimir Latin (born 30 May 1985 in Narva) is an Estonian rower. He is a member of rowing club "SK Narva Energia" located in Narva. He finished 9th in the men's quadruple sculls at the 2008 Summer Olympics. His younger brother is triathlete Al ...

and Kaspar Taimsoo earning 8th position. 2009 in

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ha was again a part of the Estonia's quadruple sculls team, this time together with Andrei Jämsä, Tõnu Endrekson and Vladimir Latin. The team achieved 10th position overall.

European Championships

2007 in

he competed in the quadruple sculls event with Raja, Latin and Taimsoo earning 5th position. 2009 in

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he was a member of the quadruple sculls team with Valeri Prosvirin,

and Andrei Jämsä. They earned 8th place. 2010 in Montemor-o-Velho,

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Kuzmin, Prosvirin, Jämsä and Latin were 8th once more.

Rowing World Cup

Henley Royal Regatta

*2008 –

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Kuzmin

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and Taimsoo celebrating the

victory ". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved on 7 September 2009

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuzmin, Igor 1982 births Estonian male rowers Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Estonia Living people Sportspeople from Narva Estonian people of Russian descent World Rowing Championships medalists for Estonia