Aleksejs Rumjancevs

Aleksejs Rumjancevs
Rumjancevs at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Nationality Latvian
Born (1986-02-13) 13 February 1986
Rīga, Latvia[1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Weight 90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Country  Latvia
Sport Canoe sprint
Event(s) Kayak
Coached by Genadijs Zujevs[3]

Aleksejs Rumjancevs (born 13 February 1986) is a Latvian sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. Together with Krists Straume he finished 11th place in the K-2 200 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[4][1] At the 2016 Olympics he placed fifth in the individual 200 m race. He was the flag bearer for Latvia during the closing ceremony.[2]

Rumjancevs took up kayaking in 2004. He is married to Julia.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Aleksejs Rumjancevs". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
  2. 1 2 Aleksejs Rumjancevs Archived 2016-08-26 at the Wayback Machine. Rio2016.com
  3. 1 2 Aleksejs Rumjancevs. nbcolympics.com
  4. Celmiņš, Jānis (21 August 2011). "Straume un Rumjancevs izcīna 6. vietu un iegūst ceļazīmi uz olimpiskajām spēlēm" (in Latvian). Sportacentrs.com. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
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