Ivans Klementjevs
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| Men's flatwater canoeing | |||
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Competitor for the  Soviet Union |
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| Gold | 1988 Seoul | C-1 1000m | |
Competitor for  Latvia |
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| Silver | 1992 Barcelona | C-1 1000m | |
| Silver | 1996 Atlanta | C-1 1000m | |
Ivan Klementjev (Latvian: Ivans Klementjevs, born November 18, 1960 in Riga) is a retired Latvian flatwater canoer, who won three Olympic medals in C-1 1000 metres at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. The highlight was the gold medal in 1988, which he won as a competitor for the USSR. He trained at Trudovye Rezervy and later at the Armed Forces sports society in Riga in the Soviet time.
He also won a total of seven world championship C-1 gold medals between 1985 and 1994, including an unprecedented run of five straight victories in the C-1 1000m.
After retiring Klementijevs entered politics and was a Riga city councillor for the TSP in 2001—2005, then MP (since 2006).
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