Serghei Covaliov (14 October 1944 – 16 May 2011) was a

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n sprint canoeist. He was the child of Mr. and Mrs. Simeon Covaliov. He mostly competed in doubles together with

Ivan Patzaichin Ivan Patzaichin (; 26 November 1949 – 5 September 2021) was a Romanian canoe racing coach and sprint canoeist. He took part in all major competitions between 1968 and 1984, including five consecutive Olympics, and won seven Olympic and 22 wor ...

, a fellow

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Russian born in the same village. They won a gold and a silver medal at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics, respectively, missing the first place in 1972 by 0.03 seconds. At the world championships they won one gold, one silver and one bronze medal in 1970–1971, while Covaliov also had a gold medal in 1966 with

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, another canoer from his village. Covaliov died aged 66 after a severe concussion he suffered while canoeing.

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* * 1944 births 2011 deaths People from Tulcea County Canoeists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists of Romania Olympic gold medalists for Romania Olympic silver medalists for Romania Romanian male canoeists Romanian people of Russian descent Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian {{Romania-Olympic-medalist-stub Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics