Ivan Viktorovych Dovhodko (born 15 January 1989) is a Ukrainian

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. He competed in the quadruple sculls at the

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and 2016 Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal in the quadruple sculls at the

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, setting a new world's best time. He has won a gold, two silvers and a bronze in the quadruple sculls at European level. His sister

Nataliya Nataliya ( uk, Наталія, russian: Наталия) is the Ukrainian and Russian form of the female given name Natalia. A diminutive form is Natalka ( uk, link=no, Наталка; see: Natalka Poltavka). People with the given name Nataliya ...

is also an Olympic rower. His father, Viktor Dovgodko, and his mother, Valentine Dovgodko, were also both international rowers. He was originally coached by Raisa Kirilova at the "Burevisnyk" Kyiv club, before being coached by Maxim Mulyarchuk. While coached by Mulyarchuk, he was part of the Ukrainian team that won bronze in the quadruple sculls at the 2005 World Junior Championship. In 2008 when he aged out of junior rowing, he began being coached by Vladimir Opalnik. Under Opalnik, he was part of the Ukrainian team that won silver at the 2009 World U-23 Championship. As part of the Ukrainian national team, he is coached by Nikolai Dovgan.

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* * 1989 births Living people Ukrainian male rowers Rowers from Kyiv Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Ukraine World Rowing Championships medalists for Ukraine Universiade silver medalists for Ukraine Universiade medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2015 Summer Universiade Recipients of the Order of Danylo Halytsky {{Ukraine-rowing-bio-stub