Aleksey Kamkin

Aleksey Kamkin
Kamkin, Dolinin, Kulagin and Eliseyev at the 1980 Olympics
Personal information
Full nameAleksey Dmitrievich Kamkin
Born15 October 1952 (1952-10-15) (age 72)
Kaliningrad, Russia
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubVS Leningrad
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1980 Moscow Coxless four
World Championships
1981 Münich Coxless four
1982 Lucerne Coxless four

Aleksey Dmitrievich Kamkin (Russian: Алексей Дмитриевич Камкин, born 15 October 1952) is a retired Russian rower who had his best achievements in the coxless fours, together with Valeriy Dolinin, Aleksandr Kulagin and Vitaly Eliseyev. In this event they won a world title in 1981 and silver medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics and 1982 World Rowing Championships.[1][2][3]

After retiring from competition Kamkin worked as a rowing coach at the national level. Between 1984 and 1991 he coached the Soviet Army team and prepared two national champions.[4]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aleksey Kamkin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Alexei Kamkin". RowingOne.com. World Rowing. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften – Vierer ohne Steuermann" [Rowing - World Championships - Coxless four]. sport-komplett.de (in German).
  4. ^ "Камкин Алексей Дмитриевич" [Kamkin Alexey Dmitrievich]. lesgaft.spb.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 16 January 2014.


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