Aliaksandr Bahdanovich

Aliaksandr Viktaravich Bahdanovich (Belarusian: Аляксандр Віктаравіч Багдановіч, born 29 April 1982) is a Belarusian sprint canoeist. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the C-2 1000 m event at Beijing in 2008 together with Andrei Bahdanovich. They won silver in the same event in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. At the 2004 Games, he finished sixth in the C-2 500 m event, rowing with Aleksandr Kurlyandchik.[1]

Aliaksandr Bahdanovich
Andrei and Aliaksandr Bahdanovich (right) on a 2010 Belarusian stamp
Personal information
Born29 April 1982 (1982-04-29) (age 44)
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight97 kg (214 lb)
Sport
SportCanoe sprint
ClubDynamo Babruysk,
Dynamo Mahilyow
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Belarus
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2008 BeijingC-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place2012 LondonC-2 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2009 DartmouthC-4 200 m
Silver medal – second place2001 PoznańC-4 1000 m
Silver medal – second place2010 PoznańC-2 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2002 SevilleC-4 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2005 ZagrebC-4 200 m
Bronze medal – third place2006 SzegedC-4 1000 m
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2011 BelgradeC-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place2011 BelgradeC-4 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2012 ZagrebC-2 1000 m
European Games
Gold medal – first place2015 BakuC-2 1000 m

Bahdanovich also won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (C-4 200 m: 2009), two silvers (C-2 1000 m: 2010, C-4 1000 m: 2001) and three bronzes (C-4 200 m: 2005, C-4 1000 m: 2002, 2006).

References

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  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aleksandr Bogdanovich". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016.
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