Alexander Ivanovich Zaskalko ( April 15, 1967 , Dnepropetrovsk ) - Soviet and Ukrainian rower , played for the USSR and Ukraine national rowing teams in the 1980s - 1990s. Silver and bronze medalist of the world championships, multiple winner and medalist of the stages of the World Cup, republican and all-union regattas, participant of the three summer Olympic Games. At the competition he represented the Armed Forces, Honored Master of Sports of Ukraine.
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| A country |  Ukraine |
| Specialization | paired fours |
| Club | Armed forces |
| Date of Birth | April 15, 1967 (52 years old) |
| Place of Birth | Dnepropetrovsk |
| Height | 196 cm |
| The weight | 91 kg |
Biography
Alexander Zaskalko was born on April 15, 1967 in Dnepropetrovsk , Ukrainian SSR . He began to actively engage in rowing in early childhood, while serving in the army he was in the Dnepropetrovsk sports club of the Armed Forces.
Thanks to a series of successful appearances, in 1988 he was awarded the right to defend the country's honor at the Seoul Summer Olympics - along with team-mate paired partners Pavel Krupko , Yuri Zelikovich and Sergey Kinyakin, he was close to the prize positions, but in the end he took fourth place, not holding out a bit to the bronze medal. In 1990, at the World Championships in Tasmania, he took seventh place in doubles.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Zaskalko continued to play for the Ukrainian team and subsequently visited many other major international regattas. So, in 1993 in doubles he won a silver medal at the world championship in the Czech city of Rachitsa, a year later he repeated this achievement at the world championship in the American Indianapolis, a year later he became fourth in similar competitions in Finnish Tampere, stopping a step away from the podium. Being one of the leaders of the Ukrainian national team, I passed the selection for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta , where, together with rowers such as Alexander Marchenko , Nikolai Chuprina and Leonid Shaposhnikov , took seventh place in the program of double quadruple crews.
In 1997, Zaskalko won several medals at various stages of the World Cup, while at the World Championships in French Savoy he received a bronze medal in fours. The following season he again successfully performed at the stages of the world cup, while at the world championship in Cologne he could not get into the number of winners - he became the seventh. At the World Championships in Canada, St. Catharines won silver in doubles, losing only the German national team ahead. Later he qualified for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney , with a crew, where, in addition to Marchenko and Shaposhnikov, young Oleg Lykov entered, was located in the final protocol on the sixth line. Shortly after these Olympic competitions, he decided to end the career of a professional athlete, giving way to other Ukrainian rowers. For outstanding sports achievements he was awarded the honorary title " Honored Master of Sports of Ukraine " [1] .
Notes
- β Maxim Rozenko. One boat and four "academicians" . Weekly 2000 (September 13, 2014). Date of appeal September 22, 2014. (unavailable link)
Links
- Alexander Zaskalko - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com
- Alexander Zaskalko - profile on the FISA website