Oleg Zhestkov

Oleg Aleksandrovich Zhestkov (Russian: Олег Александрвоич Жестков; born 20 January 1987) is a Russian sprint canoeist who competes in the four-man K-4 1000 m event. He won the world title in 2013, placing third in 2011, and had a silver medal at the 2016 European Championships. His teams finished seventh at the 2012 and ninth at the 2016 Olympics.[4]

Oleg Zhestkov

Zhestkov at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Oleg Aleksandrovich Zhestkov
Born	(1987-01-20) 20 January 1987 Omsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1]
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Weight	98 kg (216 lb)
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Canoe sprint
Club	Dynamo
Coached by	Alexander Shishkin[3] V.S. Mikhailovsky[1] Alexander Zhdanov (national)[4]
Medal record Representing  Russia World Championships 2011 Szeged K–4 1000 m 2013 Duisburg K–4 1000 m European Championships 2016 Moscow K–4 1000 m Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan K–4 500 m 2013 Kazan K–4 1000 m

In March 2019 Zhestkov tested positive for the banned substance EPO, receiving a four-year ban.[5]

Zhestkov was born in Omsk, but later moved to Krasnodar.[1] He took up kayaking following his two brothers, his mother and his cousin.[4]