Sergiy Bezugliy ( uk, Сергій Олександрович Безуглий; born October 7, 1984, in

Mykolaiv Mykolaiv ( uk, Миколаїв, ) is a city and municipality in Southern Ukraine, the administrative center of the Mykolaiv Oblast. Mykolaiv city, which provides Ukraine with access to the Black Sea, is the location of the most downriver brid ...

) is a

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

-born

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of t ...

i sprint canoer. He competed internationally for Ukraine through 2008.

Career

In 2009, Bezugliy began representing Azerbaijan. He has won four medals at the

ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships are an international event in canoe racing, one of two Summer Olympic sport events organized by the International Canoe Federation (the other being the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships). The World Cham ...

– two silvers (C-2 500: 2010, C-2 1000 m: 2009 for

) and two bronzes (C-2 500 m: 2009, C-2 1000 m: 2006 for

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

). He finished eighth for Ukraine in the C-2 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

. At the London 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the men's canoe double 1000M (C2), finishing fourth in the final with a time of 3:37.219.

References

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1984 births Azerbaijani male canoeists Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Ukraine Olympic canoeists for Azerbaijan Ukrainian male canoeists ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian Canoeists at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Azerbaijan Sportspeople from Mykolaiv {{Ukraine-canoe-bio-stub