Sergey Fedorovtsev Explained

Birth Date:31 January 1980
Birth Place:Rostov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height:195 cm
Weight:90 kg
Sport:Rowing
Club:Russian Army
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Sergey Anatolyevich Fedorovtsev (Russian: Сергей Анатольевич Федоровцев, born 31 January 1980) is a Russian rower.

Career

Competing in quadruple sculls, he won a gold medal at the 2004 Olympics and the European title in 2011 and 2015. His teams placed seventh and eighth at the 2008 and 2012 Games, respectively.

He was disqualified from competing at the 2016 Olympics after a positive out-of-competition drug test (trimetazidine), and subsequently given a 4-year ban.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: Russian Olympic gold medalist rower banned for doping . 30 June 2019 . Federal News Network . 27 June 2019.