Yevgeny Salakhov Explained

Birth Date:[1]
Birth Place:Yekaterinburg, Russia
Sport:Canoe sprint
Club:Dynamo Omsk
Height:184 cm
Weight:80 kg
Retired:2013[2]
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Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Salakhov (Russian: Евгений Александрович Салахов; born 25 January 1979) is a Russian former canoe sprinter. Competing in the K-1 event he won a silver medal at the 2011 and a bronze at the 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.[1]

Salakhov also participated in the 2000, 2008 and 2012 Olympics, with the best result of fifth place in 2012.[1] His mother is a former canoe coach. Salakhov is married to Yulia Salakhova (née Kamalova, unrelated to the Olympic canoer Yuliana Salakhova). They have a daughter Eva, and work as canoe coaches in Sysert.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417214832/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sa/yevgeny-salakhov-1.html Yevgeny Salakhov
  2. Nadezhda Shayakhova (3 February 2021) Чемпионов растят чемпионы. Mayak.
  3. Из Пекина – в ЗАГС. 34. 261. 3 September 2008. Natalya Danilova. BK.