Aleksejs Rumjancevs

Aleksejs Rumjancevs (born 13 February 1986) is a Latvian sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. Together with Krists Straume he finished 11th place in the K-2 200 m event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[4][1] At the 2016 Olympics he placed fifth in the individual 200 m race. He was the flag bearer for Latvia during the closing ceremony.[2]

Aleksejs Rumjancevs

Rumjancevs at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	Latvian
Born	13 February 1986 Rīga, Latvia[1]
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Country	Latvia
Sport	Canoe sprint
Event(s)	Kayak
Coached by	Genadijs Zujevs[3]
Medal record Men's canoe sprint Representing  Latvia World Championships 2017 Račice K-1 200 m European Games 2015 Baku K-1 200 m European Championships 2008 Milan K-1 200 m 2016 Moscow K-1 200 m

Rumjancevs took up kayaking in 2004. He is married to Julia.[3]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aleksejs Rumjancevs". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
2. Aleksejs Rumjancevs Archived 2016-08-26 at the Wayback Machine Rio2016.com
3. Aleksejs Rumjancevs Archived 2016-09-20 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
4. Celmiņš, Jānis (21 August 2011). "Straume un Rumjancevs izcīna 6. vietu un iegūst ceļazīmi uz olimpiskajām spēlēm" (in Latvian). Sportacentrs.com. Retrieved 8 January 2012.

External links

• LOV profile (in Latvian)
• Aleksejs Rumjancevs at the Latvijas Olimpiskā Komiteja (in Latvian)
• Aleksejs Rumjancevs at the International Olympic Committee