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Aleksandr Zhukovskiyis also the name of a cinematographer who worked with director
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The Overcoat
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Aliaksandr ("Sasha") Zhukouski (ZOO - COW - SKI) (born October 6, 1979) is a
Belarus
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ian
sprint canoer who has competed since 2001. He won four medals at the
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
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with a silver (C-4 1000 m:
2001) and three bronzes (C-4 200 m:
2005, C-4 1000 m:
2002,
2006).
Zhukouski also competed in two
Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fourth in the
C-1 500 m event at
Athens
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in
2004.
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1979 births
Belarusian male canoeists
Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Belarus
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian
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