Uzbekistani Canoeists - Michael Kolganov, Anton Ryakhov, Vadim Menkov, Anatoly Tyurin, Ivan Kireyev, Aleksey Babadjanov, Vladimir Shayslamov (Paperback)

Chapters: Michael Kolganov, Anton Ryakhov, Vadim Menkov, Anatoly Tyurin, Ivan Kireyev, Aleksey Babadjanov, Vladimir Shayslamov, Sergey Shayslamov, Tatiana Levina, Irina Lyalina, Inna Isakova, Yevgeny Astanin, Danila Turchin, Sergey Borzov, Dmitriy Strijkov, Aleksandr Popov, Michail Tarasov, Vladimir Alimdyanov, Vladimir Kazantsev, Konstantin Yashin, Rafayel Islamov, Yelena Lebedeva, Yuliya Borzova, Akram Yurabayev, Andrey Shilin, Vitaly Anosov. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 60. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Michael Kolganov (Hebrew:, born October 24, 1974 in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR) is a Soviet-born, Israeli sprint canoer and former world champion. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won the bronze medal in the K-1 500 m event at Sydney in 2000. He was the flag bearer for Israel during the Opening Ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics. Born Mikhail Kolganov in the former Soviet Union, he took up canoeing at the age of 14. "I was a fat young boy," he recalled, "and my parents were looking for a hobby for me that would help me lose weight." Kolganov's older brother Andrei was already a Soviet youth champion in kayaks, and represented the former Soviet Union. Kolganov was brought to Israel by the Jewish Agency in 1995. A graduate in Physical Education from the University of Tashkent, he first settled in Haifa, and after a brief spell with the Hapoel Haifa rowing club, he moved eastwards to join Hapoel Emek HaYarden, living nearby at Kibbutz Degania Bet. He has represented Israel in competition since 1997. Kolganov was K-1 200 m world champion in 1998 and 1999, and earned a K-1 500 m silver in 1998. He represented Israel at the 2000 Summer Olympics, winning the K-1 500 m bronze medal and finishing fourth in the K-1 1000 m event. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, he finished fourth in ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=6023242