Viktor Denisov

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Olympic medal record
Men's Canoeing
Silver 1988 Seoul

K-2 500 m

Silver 1988 Seoul

K-4 1000 m

Viktor Denisov (Russian: Виктор Денисов) (born April 2, 1966 in Kalinin), is a retired Russian flatwater canoer who won seven world championship titles between 1987 and 1994 – three for the USSR and then four for Russia. He trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Kalinin. All his world titles came in the four-man kayak (K4).

At the Seoul Olympics he won the silver medal in the K4 1000m final. He also won silver in the K2 event with Soviet team-mate Igor Nagayev, finishing just 0.17 secs behind New Zealanders Ferguson and Macdonald.