Pavel Shurmei Explained

Pavel Shurmei
Full Name:Pavel Antonovich Shurmei
Birth Date:1976 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Lida, Byelorussian SSR, (now Belarus)
Height:6 ft 6.5 in
Weight:251 lb
Country:Belarus
Club:Sub 7 Indoor Rowing Club
Team:Belarus Rowing Team
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Pavel Antonovich Shurmei (Belarusian: Павел Антонавіч Шурмей, born 1 September 1976) is a Belarusian rower who competed at two Olympic Games and holds multiple world records on the Concept2 indoor rowing machine. He is one of the Belarusian volunteers of the Kastuś Kalinoŭski Battalion.[1] In March 2023, it became known that a criminal case was opened in Belarus against Pavel Shurmey in absentia.[2] Since April 2024, he is the commander of the Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment.[3]

Rowing career

Shurmei's primary discipline is sculling.

Olympic Games

Shurmei competed at both the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games with the Belarusian team.

At the 2004 Games, Shurmei competed in the men's quadruple sculls. His team came third in their heat, qualifying for the semi-final, in which they finished third. This qualified them for the A final of the event, where they finished last of the six teams.[4]

At the 2008 Games, Shurmei competed again in the men's quadruple sculls. His team finished third in their heat, qualifying for the semi-final, in which they finished last. This meant that they progressed to the B final, where they finished 5th for a position of 11th overall.

Indoor rowing career

Shurmei has won the CRASH-B Sprints in the open category twice, in 2004 and 2005.[5] [6] He has also come 2nd twice, in 2013 and 2017.[7] [8]

Shurmei has won the international ALFA indoor rowing competition seven times and hold the competition record since 2003 (2:39.8 over 1000m).[9]

He currently holds the world records in the 40–49 heavyweight category for both the 1000m and 2000m distances.[10]

World rankings

Below are the season-end world rankings for Shurmei in various indoor rowing events where he finished in the top 50.

2000m

!Season!Rank!Time!Notes
201765:47.8[13]
2013115:53.5[14]
201155:51.2[15]
200515:43.2[16]
200415:39.6[17]

Personal bests

!Event!Result!ompetition!Date
500 metres1:13.72017 World Games27 July 2017
1000 metres2:39.82003 ALFA1 February 2003
2000 metres5:39.62004 CRASH-B Sprints22 February 2004

Military career

He is serving in the Belarusian Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment on the Ukrainian side in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[18]

Shurmei was wounded in action[19] [20] and is among the first recipients of the Military Virtue Medal from the Rada of the Belarusian Democratic Republic.[21]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Экс-гребец Шурмей о войне в Украине: «Каким бы не был этот путь, он закончится победой украинского и беларусского народов» . Ex-rower Shurmei about the war in Ukraine: “Whatever this path is, it will end with the victory of the Ukrainian and Belarusian peoples” . 2022-03-15 . BY.Tribuna.com.
  2. Web site: Human Constanta: Обзор борьбы с «экстремизмом» в Беларуси за январь-март 2023 .
  3. Web site: Рэформы ў Палку Каліноўскага - афіцыйная заява.
  4. News: Men's quadruple sculls results. 12 August 2004. 28 April 2018. en-GB.
  5. Web site: 2004 Results: Open Men. www.crash-b.org. 28 April 2018.
  6. Web site: 2005 Results: Open Men. www.crash-b.org. 28 April 2018.
  7. Web site: 2013 CRASH-B Sprints Results. www.crash-b.org. 28 April 2018.
  8. Web site: C.R.A.S.H.-B. Sprints Results 2017. 12 February 2017. C.R.A.S.H.-B. Sprints Indoor Rowing Championship. 29. 28 April 2018.
  9. Web site: ALFA 2003 Results. 12 February 2017. ALFA Indoor Rowing Competition. 4. 29 January 2019.
  10. News: World Records. Concept2. 28 April 2018. en.
  11. Web site: Concept2 Logbook 2017 500m Indoor Rower Rankings. log.concept2.com. 28 April 2018.
  12. Web site: Concept2 Logbook 2009 1000m Indoor Rower Rankings. log.concept2.com. 28 April 2018.
  13. Web site: Concept2 Logbook 2017 2000m Indoor Rower Rankings. log.concept2.com. 28 April 2018.
  14. Web site: Concept2 Logbook 2013 2000m Indoor Rower Rankings. log.concept2.com. 28 April 2018.
  15. Web site: Concept2 Logbook 2011 2000m Indoor Rower Rankings. log.concept2.com. 28 April 2018.
  16. Web site: Concept2 Logbook 2005 2000m Indoor Rower Rankings. log.concept2.com. 28 April 2018.
  17. Web site: Concept2 Logbook 2004 2000m Indoor Rower Rankings. log.concept2.com. 28 April 2018.
  18. https://nashaniva.com/321189 Добраахвотнік Шурмей: На маю думку, Ліду трэба будзе вызваляць з літоўскага боку
  19. Web site: Добраахвотнік Шурмей: На маю думку, Ліду трэба будзе вызваляць з літоўскага боку . 9 July 2023 . Volunteer Shurmei: In my opinion, Lida would have to be liberated from the direction of Lithuania . Belarusian . 10 July 2023.
  20. , WARTA.MEDIA, 2023-11-02
  21. https://www.radabnr.org/military-virtue-medal/ Мэдаль за баявыя заслугі

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