Maksim Opalev
Personal information
Born4 April 1979 (1979-04-04) (age 44)
Volgograd, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight93 kg (205 lb)
Sport
SportCanoe sprint
ClubSpartak Voronezh
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2008 BeijingC-1 500 m
Silver medal – second place2000 SydneyC-1 500 m
Bronze medal – third place2004 AthensC-1 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1998 SzegedC-1 500 m
Gold medal – first place1999 MilanC-1 200 m
Gold medal – first place1999 MilanC-1 500 m
Gold medal – first place1999 MilanC-1 1000 m
Gold medal – first place2001 PoznańC-1 500 m
Gold medal – first place2002 SevilleC-1 200 m
Gold medal – first place2002 SevilleC-1 500 m
Gold medal – first place2002 SevilleC-4 200 m
Gold medal – first place2003 GainesvilleC-1 200 m
Gold medal – first place2005 ZagrebC-4 200 m
Gold medal – first place2006 SzegedC-1 500 m
Silver medal – second place1997 DartmouthC-4 1000 m
Silver medal – second place2001 PoznańC-1 200 m
Silver medal – second place2002 SevilleC-1 1000 m
Silver medal – second place2003 GainesvilleC-1 500 m
Silver medal – second place2005 ZagrebC-1 200 m
Silver medal – second place2007 DusiburgC-1 200 m
Bronze medal – third place2001 PoznańC-4 200 m
Bronze medal – third place2003 GainesvilleC-1 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2005 ZagrebC-1 500 m
Disqualified2003 GainesvilleC-4 200 m
Disqualified2003 GainesvilleC-4 500 m

Maksim Alexandrovich Opalev (Russian: Максим Александрович Опалев; born 4 April 1979) is a retired Russian sprint canoeist. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he has won a complete set of medals in the C-1 500 m event (gold: 2008, silver: 2000, bronze: 2004).[1]

Opalev's potential was evident when he won two gold medals as a sixteen-year-old at the 1995 World Junior Championships in Yamanashi, Japan. Competing against opponents two years older than himself he won the C-2 1000 m title (with Konstantin Fomichev) as well as the C-4 500 m gold. At the next edition of the world junior championships, in Lahti, Finland, in 1997, Opalev won the C-1 1000 m title.

At the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, Opalev has won 20 medals between 1997 and 2007. This includes eleven golds (C-1 200 m: 1999, 2002, 2003; C-1 500 m: 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2006; C-1 1000 m: 1999, C-4 200 m: 2002, 2005), six silvers (C-1 200 m: 2001, 2005, 2007; C-1 500 m: 2003, C-1 1000 m: 2002, C-4 1000 m: 1997), and three bronzes (C-1 500 m: 2005, C-1 1000 m: 2003, C-4 200 m: 2001). Opalev also won two more medals at the 2003 world championships in Gainesville, Georgia, United States with golds in the C-4 200 m and C-4 500 m events, but were stripped of those medals when teammate Sergey Ulegin failed a doping test.

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Maksim Opalev". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
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