Aliaksandr Bahdanovich

Aliaksandr Viktaravich Bahdanovich (Belarusian: Аляксандр Віктаравіч Багдановіч, born 29 April 1982) is a Belarusian sprint canoeist. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the C-2 1000 m event at Beijing in 2008 together with Andrei Bahdanovich. They won silver in the same event in London. At the 2004 Games, he finished sixth in the C-2 500 m event rowing with Aleksandr Kurlyandchik.[1]

Aliaksandr Bahdanovich
Andrei and Aliaksandr Bahdanovich (right) on a 2010 Belarusian stamp
Personal information
Born29 April 1982 (1982-04-29) (age 41)
Mahilyow, Belarus
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight97 kg (214 lb)
Sport
SportCanoe sprint
ClubDynamo Babruysk,
Dynamo Mahilyow
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2008 BeijingC-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place2012 LondonC-2 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2009 DartmouthC-4 200 m
Silver medal – second place2001 PoznańC-4 1000 m
Silver medal – second place2010 PoznańC-2 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2002 SevilleC-4 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2005 ZagrebC-4 200 m
Bronze medal – third place2006 SzegedC-4 1000 m
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2011 BelgradeC-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place2011 BelgradeC-4 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2012 ZagrebC-2 1000 m
European Games
Gold medal – first place2015 Baku C-2 1000 m

Bahdanovich also won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (C-4 200 m: 2009), two silvers (C-2 1000 m: 2010, C-4 1000 m: 2001) and three bronzes (C-4 200 m: 2005, C-4 1000 m: 2002, 2006).

References
  1. Aleksandr Bogdanovich. sports-reference.com
  • Canoe09.ca profile
  • "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 January 2010. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  • "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 November 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2019.


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