Sergey Fedorovtsev

Sergey Fedorovtsev
Personal information
Born (1980-01-31) 31 January 1980
Rostov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubRussian Army
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2004 AthensQuadruple sculls
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 PlovdivQuadruple sculls
Gold medal – first place2015 PoznanQuadruple sculls

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.[1]

He was disqualified from competing at the 2016 Olympics after a positive out-of-competition drug test (trimetazidine),[2] and subsequently given a 4-year ban.[3]

Personal life

He is married to fellow rower Ekaterina Fedorovtseva. His older daughter, Arina, is a Russian national volleyball player[4] and his younger daughter, Mariia, is a group rhythmic gymnast who won three gold medals at the 2021 Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sergey Fedorovtsev". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  2. ↑ Четверка российских гребцов отстранена от участия в ОИ-2016. tass.ru (1 July 2016)
  3. ↑ "Russian Olympic gold medalist rower banned for doping". Federal News Network. 27 June 2019. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "Genlerinde spor var: Arina Fedorovtseva". Habertürk. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "Arina Fedorovtseva: Dünyanın en iyi voleybolcusu olmak istiyorum". Voleybol Plus. 20 October 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
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