Aleksey Kamkin | |
Full Name: | Aleksey Dmitrievich Kamkin |
Birth Place: | Kaliningrad, Russia |
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Sport: | Rowing |
Club: | VS Leningrad |
Height: | 1.87 m |
Weight: | 82 kg |
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Aleksey Dmitrievich Kamkin (ru|Алексей Дмитриевич Камкин, born 15 October 1952) is a retired Russian rower who had his best achievements in the coxless fours, together with Valeriy Dolinin, Aleksandr Kulagin and Vitaly Eliseyev. In this event they won a world title in 1981 and silver medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics and 1982 World Rowing Championships.
After retiring from competition Kamkin worked as a rowing coach at the national level. Between 1984 and 1991 he coached the Soviet Army team and prepared two national champions.