Raman Piatrushenka
Raman Piatrushenka (or Roman Petrushenko) (Belarusian: Раман Пятрушэнка) (born December 25, 1980 in Kalinkavičy) is a Belarusian sprint canoer who has competed since 2000. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won three medals with one gold (K-4 1000 m: 2008) and two bronzes (K-2 500 m: 2004, 2008).
Piatrushenka's first success on the international stage came at the 2000 European under-23 Championships in Boulogne, France as a member of the Belarus K-4 crew which won both the 500 m and 1000 m gold medals.
One by one, the members of the under-23 crew were being promoted to the Belarus senior boat. In 2001 however, Piatrushenka destroyed a field of more experienced paddlers to become Belarus K-1 national champion. Now wishing to concentrate on the K-1, he initially refused to join the senior K-4 crew as the coaches had planned.
At the 2001 European championships in Milan he was persuaded to enter the K-4 races, winning his first senior medals – the 500 m and 1000 m bronze. In the K-1 1000m however, he could only finish 17th.
At the 2002 European under-23 Championships in Zagreb he won the K-1 1000 m gold medal, as well as retaining both K-4 titles. Having rejoined the senior K-4 crew on a permanent basis he won his first world championship medal, the K-4 1000 m silver, in Seville. Senior K-1 races were proving harder though and he again failed to reach any major finals in 2002.
Realising he was not yet ready to challenge for senior K-1 medals he instead teamed up with Vadzim Makhneu to compete in K-2 races. The partnership was an instant success. On their first World Cup outing in Szeged in May 2003 they beat a world-class field including Germans Rauhe and Wieskötter over 500 m. At the 2003 World Championships in Gainesville, USA, they claimed the silver medal.
In 2004 at the Athens Olympics they won the K-2 500 m bronze medal. They were disappointed not to do better but in the final a false start by eventual silver-medalists Nathan Baggaley and Clint Robinson went unpunished. To make matters worse, Makhneu had stopped paddling after just two strokes, waiting in vain for the Australians to be called back by the starter. The Belarusians had to come through from last place to snatch the bronze medal ahead of the Polish duo of Twardowski and Wysocki.
In 2005 they took a break from the K-2 (and each other). Meanwhile, the Belarusian four, with Piatrushenka as the "engine", established themselves as the top K-4 500m crew in the world. A gold medal at the European Championships in Poznań was followed by victory in the World Championship final in Zagreb. This was Belarus's first world championship team kayak gold medal since independence. He also won nine more medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with six gold (K-2 200 m: 2007, 2009; K-2 500 m: 2009, 2010; K-4 200 m: 2009, K-4 1000 m: 2009), two silvers (K-2 500 m: 2007, K-4 1000 m: 2010), and a bronze (K-4 1000 m: 2006).
Paying tribute to Piatrushenka's strength and stamina, national team leader and former double Olympic canoe champion Viktor Reneysky has said that he has never seen another kayak spinter who can cope with such heavy training loads.
Piatrushenka is 192 cm (6'4") tall and weighs 88 kg (194 lbs). He is a member of the Mozyr club and is trained by Vladimir Shantarovich.
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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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1994: Russia ( Anatoli Tishchenko, Oleg Gorobiy, Sergey Verlin, & Viktor Denisov) * 1995: Hungary ( Krisztián Bártfai, Gyula Kajner, Antal Páger, & Gábor Pankotai) * 1997: Russia ( Anatoli Tishchenko, Oleg Gorobiy, Sergey Verlin, & Aleksandr Ivanik) * 1998: Hungary ( Gyula Kajner, Vince Fehérvári, István Beé, & Róbert Hegedűs) * 1999: Hungary ( Gyula Kajner, Vince Fehérvári, István Beé, & Róbert Hegedűs) * 2001: Hungary ( Gyula Kajner, Vince Fehérvári, István Beé, & Róbert Hegedűs) * 2002: Slovakia ( Martin Chorváth, Rastislav Kužel, Ladislav Belovič, & Juraj Lipták) * 2003: Ukraine ( Oleksiy Slivinskiy, Mykhaylo Luchnik, Mykola Zaichenkov, & Andriy Borzukov) * 2005: Hungary ( Viktor Kadler, István Beé, Balázs Babella, & Gergely Gyertyános) * 2006: Serbia ( Milan Djenadić, Ognjen Filipović, Bora Sibinkic, & Dragan Zorić) * 2007: Hungary ( Viktor Kadler, István Bée, Gergely Boros, & Balázs Babella) * 2009: Belarus ( Vadzim Makhneu, Raman Piatrushenka, Dziamyan Turchyn, & Taras Valko)
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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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