Jevgenij Shuklin

{{Short description|Russian-born Lithuanian sprint canoeist (born 1985)}}

{{MedalTableTop|Jevgenij Shuklin.jpg|150px|Jevgenij Shuklin at ceremony of the meeting of Lithuanian Olympic Team in Vilnius}}

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Jevgenij Shuklin ({{langx|lt|Jevgenijus Šuklinas}}; born 23 November 1985 in Glazov, Russia) is a Russian-born Lithuanian sprint canoeist and politician.

Biography

=Sports' career=

He was world junior champion in 2003 (Japan, Komatsu). He won four bronze medals in the C-1 200 m event at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, earning them in 2006, 2007, 2009 and 2014. He is also a three time European champion, in Pontevedra in 2007, in Trasona in 2010 and in Montemor-o-Velho in 2013.

He initially won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, but he was disqualified for doping after reanalysis in 2019 and was stripped of his medal.{{Cite web|title=Jevgenijus Šuklinas Bio, Stats, and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/su/jevgenijus-suklinas-1.html |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=2016-01-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210745/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/su/jevgenijus-suklinas-1.html |archivedate=2016-03-03 }}{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc-sanctions-one-athlete-for-failing-anti-doping-tests-at-london-2012-2 |title=IOC sanctions one athlete for failing anti-doping tests at London 2012 |publisher=International Olympic Committee |date=12 June 2019 |accessdate=10 September 2023}}

=Political career=

Between 2014 and 2024 Shuklin was Visagina council member. On 25 April 2023 Shuklin was elected as temporary intermediate Mayor of Visaginas.[https://www.delfi.lt/news/daily/lithuania/visagino-mero-pareigas-laikinai-eiti-isrinktas-jevgenijus-suklinas.d?id=93169055 Visagino mero pareigas laikinai eiti išrinktas Jevgenijus Šuklinas] Since 2024 Shuklin is member of Seimas.

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20090818003608/http://zap.norex.ca/bio/athlete/537/ Canoe09.ca profile]
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Category:1985 births

Category:Lithuanian male canoeists

Category:Lithuanian sportspeople in doping cases

Category:Lithuanian people of Russian descent

Category:Doping cases in canoeing

Category:Living people

Category:People from Visaginas

Category:Sportspeople from Utena County

Category:Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic canoeists for Lithuania

Category:ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian

Category:Lithuanian Sportsperson of the Year winners

Category:Competitors stripped of Summer Olympics medals

Category:Summer World University Games medalists in canoeing

Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for Lithuania

Category:Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade