Oleg Zhestkov
 Zhestkov at the 2016 Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Oleg Aleksandrovich Zhestkov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 January 1987 Omsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 98 kg (216 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Canoe sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Dynamo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Alexander Shishkin[3] V.S. Mikhailovsky[1] Alexander Zhdanov (national)[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Oleg Aleksandrovich Zhestkov (Russian: Олег Александрвоич Жестков; born 20 January 1987) is a Russian sprint canoeist who competes in the four-man K-4 1000 m event. He won the world title in 2013, placing third in 2011, and had a silver medal at the 2016 European Championships. His teams finished seventh at the 2012 and ninth at the 2016 Olympics.[4]
In March 2019 Zhestkov tested positive for the banned substance EPO, receiving a four-year ban.[5]
Zhestkov was born in Omsk, but later moved to Krasnodar.[1] He took up kayaking following his two brothers, his mother and his cousin.[4]
References[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oleg Zhestkov.
- ^ a b c ЖЕСТКОВ Олег Александрович. komanda2016.ru
- ^ Oleg Zhestkov Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
- ^ Oleg Zhestkov. london2012.com
- ^ a b c Oleg Zhestkov. nbcolympics.com
- ^ "Russian canoeist banned for using EPO". ICF - Planet Canoe. 9 June 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
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