Pavel Shurmei

Pavel Antonovich Shurmei (Russian: Павел Антонович Шурмей, born 1 September 1976) is a Belarusian rower who competed at two Olympic Games and holds multiple world records on the Concept2 indoor rowing machine.

Pavel Shurmei
Personal information
Full namePavel Antonovich Shurmei
Born (1976-09-01) 1 September 1976
Lida, Belarus
Height6 ft 6.5 in (199 cm)
Weight251 lb (114 kg)
Sport
CountryBelarus
Sport
ClubSub 7 Indoor Rowing Club
TeamBelarus Rowing Team
Medal record
Representing  Belarus
Men's indoor rowing
World Games
2017 Wrocław 500 m

Rowing career

Shurmei's primary discipline is sculling.

Olympic games

Shurmei competed at both the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games with the Belarusian team.

At the 2004 Games, Shurmei competed in the men's quadruple sculls. His team came third in their heat, qualifying for the semi-final, in which they finished third. This qualified them for the A final of the event, where they finished last of the six teams.[1]

At the 2008 Games, Shurmei competed again in the men's quadruple sculls. His team finished third in their heat, qualifying for the semi-final, in which they finished last. This meant that they progressed to the B final, where they finished 5th for a position of 11th overall.

Indoor rowing career

Shurmei has won the CRASH-B Sprints in the open category twice, in 2004 and 2005.[2][3] He has also come 2nd twice, in 2013 and 2017.[4][5]

Shurmei has won the international ALFA indoor rowing competition seven times and hold the competition record since 2003 (2:39.8 over 1000m).[6]

He currently holds the world records in the 40–49 heavyweight category for both the 1000m and 2000m distances.[7]

World rankings

Below are the season-end world rankings for Shurmei in various indoor rowing events where he finished in the top 50.

500m
Season Rank Time Notes
2017 3 1:13.7 [8]

1000m
Season Rank Time Notes
2009 1 2:41.9 [9]

2000m
Season Rank Time Notes
2017 6 5:47.8 [10]
2013 11 5:53.5 [11]
2011 5 5:51.2 [12]
2005 1 5:43.2 [13]
2004 1 5:39.6 [14]

Personal bests
Event Result Competition Date
500 metres 1:13.7 2017 World Games 27 July 2017
1000 metres 2:39.8 2003 ALFA 1 February 2003
2000 metres 5:39.6 2004 CRASH-B Sprints 22 February 2004

References
  1. "Men's quadruple sculls results". 12 August 2004. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  2. "2004 Results: Open Men". www.crash-b.org. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  3. "2005 Results: Open Men". www.crash-b.org. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  4. "2013 CRASH-B Sprints Results". www.crash-b.org. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  5. "C.R.A.S.H.-B. Sprints Results 2017" (PDF). C.R.A.S.H.-B. Sprints Indoor Rowing Championship. 12 February 2017. p. 29. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  6. "ALFA 2003 Results" (PDF). ALFA Indoor Rowing Competition. 12 February 2017. p. 4. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  7. "World Records". Concept2. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  8. "Concept2 Logbook | 2017 500m Indoor Rower Rankings". log.concept2.com. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  9. "Concept2 Logbook | 2009 1000m Indoor Rower Rankings". log.concept2.com. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  10. "Concept2 Logbook | 2017 2000m Indoor Rower Rankings". log.concept2.com. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  11. "Concept2 Logbook | 2013 2000m Indoor Rower Rankings". log.concept2.com. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  12. "Concept2 Logbook | 2011 2000m Indoor Rower Rankings". log.concept2.com. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  13. "Concept2 Logbook | 2005 2000m Indoor Rower Rankings". log.concept2.com. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  14. "Concept2 Logbook | 2004 2000m Indoor Rower Rankings". log.concept2.com. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
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