Andrei Igorov Explained

Birth Date:10 December 1939
Birth Place:Brăila, Romania
Death Date:10 November 2011 (aged 71)
Death Place:Brăila
Height:1.83 m
Weight:87 kg
Sport:Canoe racing
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Andrei Igorov (10 December 1939 – 10 November 2011) was a Romanian canoe sprinter. He specialized in the C-1 10000 m event, in which he won silver medals at the 1963 World and European Championships, as well as two European titles, in 1965 and 1967.[1] This event was not available at the 1964 Olympics, and Igorov had to compete in the C-1 1000 m. He won a silver medal finishing 0.42 seconds ahead of the third place.[2] [3]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/k/kanu/hst/99.html Kanu – Europameisterschaften (Herren – 10.000m)
  2. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ig/andrei-igorov-1.html. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418035148/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ig/andrei-igorov-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418035152/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1964/CAN/mens-canadian-singles-1000-metres.html Canoeing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Canadian Singles, 1,000 metres