Leonid Gulov (born September 29, 1981, in

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) is a retired

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. He was fourth in the double sculls event with

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at the

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

Junior years

Gulov's first appearance in the

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was in 1997 in the quadruple sculls event (23rd). In 1998 and 1999 he won the Junior Championships gold medals in the single sculls event. In 2000 he won the gold medal in the U-23 World Regatta in the double sculls event with Andrei Šilin. He repeated the world title in 2001 competing with

Olympic Games

His Olympic Games debut took place in

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, where he competed in the double sculls event with Andrei Šilin and they achieved 9th position overall. His second appearance in the Olympic Games was in

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, where he competed in the double sculls event with Tõnu Endrekson. The men were third in their preliminary heat and second in semi-final thus earning a place in the Final A. They held the sixth position for the first 1500 metres, but with the strong final 500 metres they managed to clinch the fourth position. Eventually they lost the bronze medal to Italians

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and

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by 2.37 seconds.

World championships

Gulov debuted in the

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in 1999 in St. Catharines,

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where he competed with Šilin and they were second in the Final B earning 8th place. 2001 in

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he competed in the quadruple sculls event with Endrekson, Šilin and Silver Sonntak. They won the Final B and earned 7th place. 2003 in

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he was a member of the quadruple sculls team with Endrekson, Šilin and Sonntak. They won the Final B and earned 7th place. Gulov won his first World Championships medal in 2005 in

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in the quadruple sculls event with

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, Endrekson and

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when they finished third after Poland and Slovenia. 2006 in

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he competed in the double sculls event with Vladimir Latin (20th). 2007 in

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he decided to participate in the single sculls event, but the result was a disappointment when he finished 24th.

Rowing World Cup

Overall wins *Quadruple sculls: 2005

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gulov, Leonid 1981 births Living people Estonian male rowers Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Estonia Sportspeople from Narva Estonian people of Russian descent World Rowing Championships medalists for Estonia