Yevgeniy Petrovich Alexeyev ( kk, Евгений Петрович Алексеев; born 11 December 1977 in Shymkent) is a Kazakhstani sprint canoeist. He won a gold medal, as a member of the Kazakhstan men's kayak four, at the

2002 Asian Games The 2002 Asian Games ( ko, 2002년 아시아 경기대회/2002년 아시안 게임, Icheoni-nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheoni-nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the XIV Asian Games ( ko, 제14회 아시아 경기대회/제14회 아시안 � ...

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, and silver at the

2010 Asian Games The 2010 Asian Games (), officially known as the XVI Asian Games () and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (), was a regional multi-sport event celebrated from November 12 to November 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, although several events ...

in Guangzhou, China. He also captured a bronze medal, along with his partner Alexey Podoinikov in the men's kayak doubles (1000 m) at the

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in Doha, Qatar. Alexeyev qualified for the men's K-2 1000 metres at the

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in London by placing first from the

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. Alexeyev and his partner

Alexey Dergunov Alexey Viktorovich Dergunov (russian: Алексей Викторович Дергунов; born 16 September 1984) is a Kazakhstani canoe sprint Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water. Overvie ...

paddled to a third-place finish, and eleventh overall in the B-final by approximately two seconds behind the winning Danish pair

Kim Wraae Knudsen Kim Wraae Knudsen (born 19 September 1977) is a Danish sprint canoer who has competed since the mid-2000s. He won a silver medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romaniz ...

and

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, posting their best Olympic time of 3:14.867. Three days later, the Kazakh pair edged out Japan's

Momotaro Matsushita is a Japanese sprint canoeist. At the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August ...

and Hiroki Watanabe for first place by twenty-four hundredths of a second (0.24), in the B-final of the men's K-2 200 metres, clocking at 35.494 seconds.

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External links

NBC Olympics Profile
1977 births Kazakhstani male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for Kazakhstan Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in canoeing Sportspeople from Shymkent Canoeists at the 2002 Asian Games Canoeists at the 2006 Asian Games Canoeists at the 2010 Asian Games Canoeists at the 2014 Asian Games Canoeists at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan Asian Games silver medalists for Kazakhstan Asian Games bronze medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games 21st-century Kazakhstani people {{Kazakhstan-canoe-bio-stub