Andrei Anatolievich Plitkin ( January 23, 1969 , Tver ) - Soviet rower kayaker , played for the USSR team in the late 1980s - early 1990s. World champion, two-time champion of the Soviet Union, winner of many regattas of international and all-Union significance. At the competition he represented the sports society " Spartak ", Honored Master of Sports.
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| Full name | Andrey Anatolievich Plitkin |
| A country |  USSR →  Russia |
| Specialization | kayak , 500 m |
| Club | DSO " Spartak " |
| Date of Birth | January 23, 1969 (aged 50) |
| Place of Birth | Tver , USSR |
Biography
Andrei Plitkin was born on January 23, 1969 in Tver . He began to actively engage in rowing in early childhood, was trained in the local rowing section, and was a member of the Tver voluntary sports society " Spartak ".
He achieved his first serious success at the international level in 1987, when he attended the Junior World Championships in Yugoslavia, from where he immediately brought three medals, one gold and two silver. In 1990, he became the champion of the Soviet Union for the first time, having won the classification of four-seater kayaks at a distance of 500 meters. Thanks to a series of successful performances, he won the right to defend the country's honor at the world championship in Polish Poznan , where he subsequently won gold in the same discipline - while his partners were rowers Oleg Gorobiy , Sergey Kirsanov and Alexander Motuzenko .
Having become a world champion, Plitkin remained in the main team of the Soviet national team and continued to take part in major international regattas. So, in 1991 he defended the title of champion of the USSR in a four-kilometer four-man program, after which he went to represent the country at the World Championships in Paris, where he eventually became a bronze medalist - in the decisive race his crew beat the teams of Germany and Hungary. For outstanding sports achievements he was awarded the honorary title " Honored Master of Sports of the USSR ."
Having completed his sports career, he worked as a kayaking and canoeing coach. Repeatedly participated in amateur and veteran rowing competitions.
Links
- Andrey Plitkin - medals at major international competitions
- Plitkin Andrey (inaccessible link from 06/14/2016 [1151 days]) - a brief biographical information on the Yandex.Dictionaries website
- List of USSR kayaking and canoeing champions (unavailable link from 06/14/2016 [1151 days])
- Lists of kayaking and canoeing champions and prize winners (1936-2007 )