Ivans Klementjevs

Ivans Klementjevs

Ivan Klementjev ( _lv. Ivans Klementjevs, born November 18, 1960 in Riga) is a retired Latvian flatwater canoer. He won three Olympic medals in C-1 1000 metres at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. The highlight was the gold medal in 1988, which he won as a competitor for the USSR. He trained at Trudovye Rezervy and later at the Armed Forces sports society in Riga in the Soviet time.

He also won a total of seven world championship C-1 gold medals between 1985 and 1994, including an unprecedented run of five straight victories in the C-1 1000m.

After retiring from canoeing, Klementijevs entered politics and was a Riga city councillor for the TSP in 2001—2005, then MP (since 2006).

External links

* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=KLEMEIVA01 profile]


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