Alexey Dergunov

Alexey Dergunov

Dergunov at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born	16 September 1984 (1984-09-16) (age 32) Oral, Kazakhstan[1]
Height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Weight	95 kg (209 lb)
Sport
Sport	Canoe sprint
Club	Akzhayik[3]
Coached by	Andrey Shantarovich (national) Alexander Akunishnikov (personal)[3]
Medal record Representing  Kazakhstan Asian Games 2014 K-2 1000 m 2014 K-2 200 m

Alexey Viktorovich Dergunov (Russian: Алексей Викторович Дергунов, born 16 September 1984) is a Kazakhstani sprint canoer who won a gold and a silver medal in doubles (K-2 200 m and 1000 m) at the 2014 Asian Games. Earlier at the 2008 Summer Olympics he was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 500 m event (with Dmitry Kaltenberger). At the 2012 Summer Olympics, competing with Yevgeny Alekseyev, he was knocked out in the first round of the K-2 200 m but reached the semifinals of the K-2 1000 m.^[1] At the 2016 Rio Games he failed to reach the finals of the K-1 200 m and K-2 1000 m events.^[2]

Dergunov took up kayaking in 1996. He has a degree in physical education from West Kazakhstan State University. He is married to Natalia and has a son Nikon.^[3]

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