Ilya Alekseyevich Pervukhin (russian: Илья Алексеевич Первухин; born 6 July 1991) is a Russian

canoeist Canoeing is an activity which involves paddling a canoe with a single-bladed paddle. Common meanings of the term are limited to when the canoeing is the central purpose of the activity. Broader meanings include when it is combined with other acti ...

who has won medals at Olympic, World and European level.

Career

Pervukhin made his international debut at the 2010 European Championship. He won the bronze medal at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in the C-2 1000 m event, alongside Alexey Korovashkov. At the 2013 World Championships, Pervukhin and

Viktor Melantyev Viktor Sergeyevich Melantyev (russian: Виктор Сергеевич Мелантьев; born 2 June 1986) is a Russian sprint canoeist who has competed since the late 2000s. He won a complete set of medals at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World C ...

won the silver medal in the C2 1000 m. In 2014, Pervukhin competed in both the senior and U23 World and European Championships. He won gold at the U23 European Championships and the U23 World Championships in the C2 1000 m, and gold in the C4 1000 m at the senior World Championships. In June 2015, he competed in the inaugural European Games, for

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

canoe sprint Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water. Overview Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are so ...

, more specifically, Men's C-2 1000m with Alexey Korovashkov. He earned a silver medal. The team also won silver in the same event at the 2015 European Championships. Also in that year, he was awarded the title of Honoured Master of Sport in Russia. At the 2016 European Championships, Pervukhin and Korovashkov won the gold medal in the C2 1000 m. He competed in the men's C2 1000 metres at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

, alongside Ilya Shtokalov, finishing in 5th place. In the C4 1000 m, he was part of the Russian team which won bronze at the 2017 European Championships. In 2018, he won bronze in the C2 1000 m at the

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

, with

Kirill Shamshurin Kirill Andreyevich Shamshurin (russian: Кирилл Андреевич Шамшурин; born 14 May 1990) is a Russian sprint canoeist. He participated at the 2018 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships. References External links * {{DEFA ...

References

External links

* * * 1991 births Russian male canoeists Living people Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for Russia Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Olympic medalists in canoeing Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics European Games medalists in canoeing Canoeists at the 2015 European Games European Games silver medalists for Russia Sportspeople from Tver ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian Canoeists at the 2019 European Games European Games bronze medalists for Russia Universiade medalists in canoeing FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade {{Russia-canoe-bio-stub