Serhiy Nahorniy (born December 8, 1956) is a

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sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1970s and the early 1980s. Competing in two

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, he won two medals at

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with a gold in the K-2 1000 m and a silver in the K-2 500 m events. Nahorny also won two bronze medals at the

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, earning them in the K-2 1000 m (

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) and K-4 1000 m (

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) events.

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(As Sergey Nagorny) 1956 births Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Living people Soviet male canoeists Olympic canoeists for the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in canoeing Ukrainian male canoeists ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Dynamo Sports Club sportspeople Sportspeople from Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub