Aliaksei Abalmasau
Aliaksei Abalmasau (or Aleksey Abalmasov) (Belarusian: Аляксей Абалмасаў) (born June 20, 1980 in Barysaŭ) is a Belarusian sprint canoer who has competed since 1998. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the K-4 1000 m event at Beijing in 2008.
As a junior he had won a K-4 500 m bronze medal at the 1998 Junior World Championships in Nyköping, Sweden but he first came to prominence in 2000 when he won three gold medals at the European under-23 championships at Boulogne, France (K-2 1000 m with Vadzim Makhneu, K-4 500 m, K-4 1000 m). They retained both K4 under-23 titles in 2002.
The under-23 K-4 gold medalists were gradually promoted to the Belarus senior boat. Abalmasau's first senior appearance was at the 2000 European championships. They rapidly challenged the world's elite, winning two bronze medals at the European championships in Milan in 2001 and the world championship silver medal in Seville in 2002. In 2003 however excellent early-season results were not repeated at the world championships in Gainesville, USA as they finished out of the medals.
In 2004, with Dziamyan Turchyn now on board in place of Aliaksei Skurkouski they won the senior European K-2 500 m silver medal in Poznań, Poland. In the K-4 1000 m Olympic final in Athens, they finished sixth.
In 2005 the Belarus K-4 crew established themselves as the world's number one 500 m boat. A gold medal in the European final was followed by victory at the 2005 World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. They also won the bronze medal in the K-4 200 m final.
At the 2006 European Championships in Račice, Czech Republic, Abalmasau and his K-4 team-mates did not defend their 500 m title, focusing instead on their least favourite distance, the 1000 m, which will be the only K-4 event at the Beijing Olympics. They won the silver medal, their best result yet over the Olympic distance. The following day they showed their sprinting credentials by winning the gold medal in the 200m final.
At the 2006 World Championships in Szeged, Hungary, the same strategy was used. In the 1000 m they took the bronze medal, again their best-ever showing, although coach Shantarovich said they should have won, accusing the crew of lacking a "killer instinct" in major championships. In the 200 m final however they finished in last place after Vadzim Makhneu broke a blade. The 2006 season also saw victories at the Poznan, Duisburg and Guangdong regattas.
The ever-reliable Abalmasau is perhaps the unsung hero of the crew. He is 182 cm (6'0") tall and weighs 77 kg (170 lbs).
At the 2009 world championships in Dartmouth, he won a gold in the K-4 1000 m event. Abalmasau followed up with a silver medal the following year in the K-4 1000 m event.
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1964: Soviet Union (Nikolai Chuzhikov, Anatoli Grishin, Vyacheslav Ionov, Volodymyr Morozov) • 1968: Norway (Steinar Amundsen, Tore Berger, Egil Søby, Jan Johansen) • 1972: Soviet Union (Yuri Filatov, Yuri Stetsenko, Volodymyr Morozov, Valeri Didenko) • 1976: Soviet Union (Sergei Chukhray, Aleksandr Degtyarev, Yuri Filatov, Volodymyr Morozov) • 1980: East Germany (Rüdiger Helm, Bernd Olbricht, Harald Marg, Bernd Duvigneau) • 1984: New Zealand (Grant Bramwell, Ian Ferguson, Paul MacDonald, Alan Thompson) • 1988: Hungary (Zsolt Gyulay, Ferenc Csipes, Sándor Hódosi, Attila Ábrahám) • 1992: Germany (Mario Von Appen, Oliver Kegel, Thomas Reineck, André Wohllebe) • 1996: Germany (Thomas Reineck, Olaf Winter, Detlef Hofmann, Mark Zabel) • 2000 – 2004: Hungary (Zoltán Kammerer, Botond Storcz, Ákos Vereckei, Gábor Horváth) • 2008: Belarus (Raman Piatrushenka, Aliaksei Abalmasau, Artur Litvinchuk, Vadzim Makhneu)
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1977: Poland ( Ryszard Oborski, Daniel Wełna, Grzegorz Kołtan, & Henryk Budzicz) * 1978: East Germany ( Frank-Peter Bischof, Bernd Duvigneau, Roland Graupner, & Harald Marg) * 1979: East Germany ( Bernd Duvigneau, Harald Marg, Jürgen Dittrich, & Roland Graupner) * 1981: Soviet Union ( Igor Gaydamaka, Sergey Krivozheyev, Igor Polianis, & Aleksandr Vodovatov) * 1982: Soviet Union ( Sergey Krivozheyev, Igor Gaydamaka, Sergey Kolokolov, & Aleksandr Vodovatov) * 1983: East Germany ( Andreas Stähle, Peter Hempel, Harald Marg, & Rüdiger Helm) * 1985: East Germany ( André Wohllebe, Frank Fischer, Peter Hempel, & Heiko Zinke) * 1986: East Germany ( Andreas Stähle, Frank Fischer, André Wohllebe, & Jens Fiedler) * 1987: Soviet Union ( Aleksandr Motuzenko, Sergey Kirsanov, Arturas Veta, & Viktor Denisov) * 1989: Soviet Union ( Viktor Denisov, Sergey Kirsanov, Aleksandr Motuzenko, & Viktor Pusev) * 1990: Soviet Union ( Oleg Gorobiy, Sergey Kirsanov, Aleksandr Motuzenko, & Viktor Pusev) * 1991: Germany ( Detlef Hofmann, Oliver Kegel, Thomas Reineck, & André Wohllebe) * 1993: Russia ( Viktor Denisov, Anatoli Tishchenko, Aleksandr Ivanik, & Oleg Gorobiy) * 1994: Russia ( Viktor Denisov, Anatoli Tishchenko, Sergey Verlin, & Oleg Gorobiy) * 1995: Russia ( Viktor Denisov, Anatoli Tishchenko, Sergey Verlin, & Oleg Gorobiy) * 1997: Hungary ( Zoltán Kammerer, Botond Storcz, Ákos Vereckei, & Robert Hegedus) * 1998: Germany ( Torsten Gutsche, Mark Zabel, Björn Bach, & Stefan Ulm) * 1999: Germany ( Torsten Gutsche, Mark Zabel, Björn Bach, & Stefan Ulm) * 2001: Russia ( Roman Zarubin, Aleksandr Ivanik, Denys Tourtchenkov, & Andrey Tissin) * 2002: Slovakia ( Richard Riszdorfer, Michal Riszdorfer, Erik Vlček, & Juraj Bača) * 2003: Slovakia ( Richard Riszdorfer, Michal Riszdorfer, Erik Vlček, & Juraj Bača) * 2005: Belarus ( Raman Piatrushenka, Aliaksei Abalmasau, Dziamyan Turchyn, & Vadzim Makhneu) * 2006: Slovakia ( Richard Riszdorfer, Michal Riszdorfer, Róbert Erban, & Erik Vlček) * 2007: Slovakia ( Richard Riszdorfer, Michal Riszdorfer, Erik Vlček, & Juraj Tarr)
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1938: Germany (Ernst Kube, Heini Brüggemann, Ernst Strathmann & Heine Strathmann) · 1948: Sweden (Hans Berglund, Lennart Klingström, Gunnar Åkerlund & Hans Wetterström · 1950: Sweden (Einar Pihl, Hans Eriksson, Lars Pettersson & Berndt Häppling) · 1954: Hungary (Imre Vagyóczki, László Kovács, László Nagy & Zoltán Szigeti) · 1958: West Germany (Michel Scheuer, Georg Lietz, Gustav Schmidt & Theodor Kleine) · 1963: East Germany (Günther Perleberg, Dieter Krause, Siegfried Rossberg & Wolfgang Lange) · 1966: Romania (Atanase Sciotnic, Mihai Ţurcaş, Haralambie Ivanov & Anton Calenic) · 1970: Soviet Union (Yuri Filatov, Valeri Didenko, Yuri Stetsenko & Volodymyr Morozov) · 1971: Soviet Union (Yuri Filatov, Volodymyr Mozorov, Yuri Stetsenko & Valeri Didenko) · 1973: Hungary (József Deme, János Rátkai, Csongor Vargha & Csaba Giczi) · 1974: East Germany (Herbert Laabs, Ulrich Hellige, Jürgen Lehnert & Bernd Duvigneau) · 1975: Spain (Herminio Menéndez, José María Esteban, José Ramón López & Luis Gregorio Ramos) · 1977: Poland (Ryszard Oborski, Daniel Wełna, Grzegorz Kołtan & Henryk Budzicz) · 1978: East Germany (Bernd Olbricht, Bernd Duvigneau, Rüdiger Helm & Harald Marg) · 1979: East Germany (Bernd Duvigneau, Rüdiger Helm, Harald Marg & Bernd Olbricht) · 1981: East Germany (Rüdiger Helm, Frank-Peter Bischof, Peter Hempel & Harald Marg) · 1982: Sweden (Per-Inge Bengtsson, Lars-Erik Moberg, Thomas Ohlsson & Bengt Andersson) · 1983: Romania (Ionel Constantin, Nicolae Fedosel, Ionel Letcae & Angelin Velea) · 1985: Sweden (Per-Inge Bengtsson, Lars-Erik Moberg, Kalle Sundqvist & Bengt Andersson) · 1986: Hungary (Ferenc Csipes, Zsolt Gyulay, László Fidel & Zoltán Kovács) · 1987: Hungary (Zsolt Gyulay, Ferenc Csipes, László Fidel & Zoltán Kovács) · 1989: Hungary (Attila Ábrahám, Ferenc Csipes, László Fidel & Zsolt Gyulay) · 1990: Hungary (Attila Ábrahám, Ferenc Csipes, László Fidel & Zsolt Gyulay) · 1991: Hungary (Attila Ábrahám, Ferenc Csipes, László Fidel & Zsolt Gyulay) · 1993: Germany (Thomas Reineck, Oliver Kegel, André Wohllebe & Mario Von Appen) · 1994: Russia (Viktor Denisov, Anatoli Tishchenko, Aleksandr Ivanik & Oleg Gorobiy) · 1995: Germany (Detlef Hofmann, Rene Pflugmacher, Thomas Reineck & Mark Zabel) · 1997: Germany (Torsten Gutsche, Mark Zabel, Björn Bach & Stefan Ulm) · 1998: Germany (Torsten Gutsche, Mark Zabel, Björn Bach & Stefan Ulm) · 1999: Hungary (Zoltán Kammerer, Botond Storcz, Ákos Vereckei & Gábor Horváth) · 2001: Germany (Andreas Ihle, Mark Zabel, Björn Bach & Stefan Ulm) · 2002: Slovakia (Richard Riszdorfer, Michal Riszdorfer, Erik Vlček & Juraj Bača) · 2003: Slovakia (Richard Riszdorfer, Michal Riszdorfer, Erik Vlček & Juraj Bača) · 2005: Germany (Lutz Altepost, Norman Bröckl, Björn Bach & Arnd Goldschmidt) · 2006: Hungary (Ákos Vereckei, Roland Kökény, Lajos Gyökös & Gábor Horváth) · 2007: Germany (Lutz Altepost, Norman Bröckl, Marco Herszel & Björn Goldschmidt) · 2009: Belarus (Vadzim Makhneu, Artur Litvinchuk, Raman Piatrushenka & Aliaksei Abalmasau) · 2010: France (Arnaud Hybois, Étienne Hubert, Sébastien Jouve & Philippe Colin) · 2011: Germany (Norman Bröckl, Robert Gleinert, Max Hoff & Paul Mittelstedt)
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Persondata |
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Abalmasau, Aliaksei |
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Short description |
Belarusian sprint canoer |
Date of birth |
June 20, 1980 |
Place of birth |
Barysaŭ |
Date of death |
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