Gorobiy, Oleg Vladimirovich

Oleg Gorobiy was born on February 7, 1971 in Voronezh . He began to actively engage in rowing in early childhood, was trained under the guidance of coach Vladimir Semenikhin in the Voronezh section of Dynamo . He achieved the first serious success at the age of nineteen, when, as part of a quadruple kayak, at a distance of 500 m, he won first the USSR championship, and then the world championship in Polish Poznan. In 1991, he was again the best in this discipline in the national championship heats, however, in the world championship in Paris he took only the third place. Thanks to a series of successful performances, he was awarded the right to defend the honor of the country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona , and made his way into the combined team of athletes from the former Soviet republics. On a kayak-four, which also included rowers Vladimir Bobreshov , Vyacheslav Kutuzin and Sergey Kirsanov , participated in the kilometer race, but in the end their crew reached only the stage of semi-finals.

After the final collapse of the Soviet Union, Horobiy continued to participate in major international competitions as part of the Russian national team and subsequently won many more awards (from 1993–2003 in various disciplines, he in total became the champion of the country 26 times). In 1993, he successfully performed at the World Championships in Copenhagen, with his four won gold at a distance of half a kilometer and bronze for a kilometer - by the end of the season for outstanding sporting achievements he was awarded the honorary title " Honored Master of Sports of Russia ".

One of the most successful seasons in his career was the 1994 season, when he won three gold medals at the World Championships in Mexico City: in 200, 500 and 1000 m races. A year later, at the world championship in German Duisburg, he won a 500 m distance and won silver award for 200 m. Later qualified for the 1996 Olympics to Atlanta - in a four-seater carriage with Anatoly Tishchenko , Sergey Verlin and Georgy Tsybulnikova finished third in the kilometer heat. He also participated in the half-kilometer steam program, was also close to the prize positions, but ultimately located on the fourth line of the final protocol.

In 1997, Gorobiy became the seven-time world champion, was the best in the 200m distance at the Canadian Dartmouth. From three subsequent world championships, he always brought bronze medals, in 1999 in Milan he took the third place in the 200-meter race, in 2001 in Poznan he received bronze per kilometer race in 2003 in the US Gainesville was third on 500 m. in addition, as one of the leaders of the national team, went to the 2000 Olympics in Sydney , which competed in the 1000m in twos (paired with Eugene Salakhova ) And quadruple (c Salakhov Tishchenko and Roman Zarubin ). In both disciplines, he managed to reach the finals, but in the final heats he finished seventh both times.

Having completed his career in the Russian Olympic team, Gorobiy became involved in dragon canoe races, particularly at the European Championships in the English city of Stockton-on-Tees as a steering 20-seater boat, won four gold medals. In 1997, he was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland , 4th degree, in 2003 he won the Golden Fund of the Voronezh Region Prize. He has two higher educations, in 1993 he graduated from the Voronezh State Institute of Physical Culture , in 1999 - the law faculty of the Voronezh State University . Currently he is the Deputy Head of the Department of Physical Culture and Sports of the Administration of the Voronezh Region.

• Oleg Gorobiy - Olympic statistics on the website Sports-Reference.com (English)
• Gorobiy Oleg Vladimirovich - biography on the site "Russian Champions"
• List of champions of the USSR in rowing and canoeing (inaccessible link from 14-06-2016 [1116 days])