Viktor Iosifovich Reneysky (russian: Виктор Иосифович Ренейский, given name also transliterated Victor and surname Reneyskiy, Reneiski, or Reneischi, born 24 January 1967 in

Babruysk Babruysk, Babrujsk or Bobruisk ( be, Бабруйск , Łacinka: , rus, Бобруйск, Bobrujsk, bɐˈbruɪ̯s̪k, yi, באָברויסק ) is a city in the Mogilev Region of eastern Belarus on the Berezina River. , its population was 209 ...

) is a sprint canoeist from

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who won three Olympic medals for the

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and

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in the C-2 event with his teammate Nikolaï Juravschi. He also won a total of nine

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titles, more than any other

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paddler of his generation. Reneysky trained at

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. Reneysky and Juravschi won two gold medals at the

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as competitors for the USSR. This success was followed by consecutive C-2 500 m world championship golds in

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and

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. C-4 events were included in the world championships for the first time and were initially dominated by the USSR. Reneysky won double C-4 gold (500 m and 1000 m) in 1989, 1990 and

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. Despite this run of success Reneysky and Juravschi were not selected for the

1992 Barcelona Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

, having been defeated in the trials by Maseikov and Dovgalenok who justified their inclusion by going on to win the C-2 500 m gold medal. The break-up of the Soviet Union meant that Reneysky and Juravschi went their separate ways. Reneysky is from Belarus whereas Juravschi represented

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and then his newly independent homeland of Moldova. However, in 1995 Juravschi persuaded his former partner to join forces once more and represent Moldova at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. They won silver. The following year Reneysky was competing for his native

and won the final

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gold (C-4 200 m) of his career. Reneysky then went into coaching as is now head of the Belarus national team. In 2005 in Plovdiv,

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, he saw his young (average age 19) protégés ( Rabchanka / Vaitsishkin / Shcharbak / Vauchetski) beat his own sixteen-year-old C-4 1000 m senior world record.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Reneysky, Viktor 1967 births Living people Belarusian male canoeists Moldovan male canoeists Soviet male canoeists Olympic canoeists of Moldova Olympic canoeists of the Soviet Union Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for Moldova Olympic medalists in canoeing Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian Dynamo sports society athletes Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples Recipients of the Order of Work Glory People from Babruysk Sportspeople from Mogilev Region