Alexei Volkonski
{{short description|Russian canoeist}}
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{{MedalSport|Men's canoe sprint}}
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{{MedalGold|1999 Milan|C-4 1000 m}}
{{MedalBronze|2001 Poznań|C-4 500 m}}
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Alexei Volkonski{{cite web|url=http://www.canoeresults.eu/view-results/sprint?eventid[]=4050#event|title=Canoe Results |website=Canoeresults.eu |accessdate=January 27, 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127171934/http://www.canoeresults.eu/view-results/sprint?eventid[]=4050 |archivedate=January 27, 2020}} ({{langx|ru|Алексей Волконский}}), born 4 December 1978 in Vladivostok, is a Russian flatwater canoer.{{cite web|url=http://www.montrealmirror.com/2007/032907/music4.html|title=’Stok character|date=29 March 2007|work=Rupert Bottenberg|publisher=Montreal Mirror|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630084650/http://www.montrealmirror.com/2007/032907/music4.html|archivedate=30 June 2007|accessdate=25 June 2009}}
Biography
He is a former world and European champion in the Canadian canoe C4 1000m.
Volkonsky did not take up canoeing until the relatively late age of fifteen, when he was persuaded by friends to switch from judo. In 1999 he won two gold medals at the senior European championships in Zagreb in the C4 500m and C4 1000m. The same year he won the C4 1000m gold medal at the world championships in Milan.
Since then he has been a regular medallist at the major championships, always in the four-man (C4) canoe. At the 2001 World Championships in Poznań he won a 500m bronze medal. In 2002 European Championship in Szeged he won two medals (500m silver and 200m bronze). Two years later he returned to Poznań to win two more European silver medals (200m and 500m).
In 2006 Volkonsky finished fifth in the C4 1000m final at the world championships.
Volkonsky is a student at Tver State University. He is coached by Gennady Shishigin and Sergey Kima.
References
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- {{Cite web |url=http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal_winners_since_1936%2F1510%2F0 |title=ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 |access-date=May 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105013709/http://canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |archive-date=January 5, 2010 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}
- {{Cite web |url=http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%2042-83%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal_winners_since_1936%2F1510%2F0 |title=ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 |access-date=2019-05-12 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5l9vPO85Y?url=http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%2042-83%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal_winners_since_1936%2F1510%2F0 |archive-date=2009-11-09 |url-status=live }}
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Category:Russian male canoeists
Category:Sportspeople from Vladivostok
Category:World Games gold medalists for Russia
Category:Medalists at the 2009 World Games
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