Vladimir Parfenovich
Parfenovich at the 1980 Olympics
Personal information
Born2 December 1958 (1958-12-02) (age 65)
Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Height192 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
SportCanoe sprint
ClubKrasnoye Znamya Minsk
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1980 MoscowK-1 500 m
Gold medal – first place1980 MoscowK-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place1980 MoscowK-2 1000 m
World Championships
Silver medal – second place1978 BelgradeK-1 500 m
Gold medal – first place1979 DuisburgK-1 500 m
Gold medal – first place1979 DuisburgK-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place1981 NottinghamK-1 500 m
Gold medal – first place1981 NottinghamK-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place1981 NottinghamK-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place1982 BelgradeK-1 500 m
Gold medal – first place1982 BelgradeK-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place1982 BelgradeK-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place1983 TampereK-1 500 m
Silver medal – second place1983 TampereK-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place1983 TampereK-2 1000 m

Vladimir Vladimirovich Parfenovich (Belarusian: Уладзімір Парфяновіч; Russian: Владимир Владимирович Парфенович, Vladimir Parfenovich; born 2 December 1958) is a retired Belarusian sprint canoer and politician.

Sport

Parfenovich competed for the Soviet Union at the Moscow Olympics and became the first canoer to win all three events he entered: K-1 500 m, K-2 500 m and K-2 1000 m. He also won twelve medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, with nine golds (K-1 500 m: 1979, 1981–1983; K-2 500 m: 1979, 1981, 1982; K-2 1000 m: 1981, 1982) and three silvers (K-1 500 m: 1978, K-2 500 m: 1983, K-2 1000 m: 1983).[1][2][3]

Parfenovich retired from competitions after learning that the 1984 will be boycotted by the Soviet Union. He then worked as an instructor for the Sport ministry of Belarus and served in the KGB and police forces. In 1995–2007 he headed the Canoe-Kayak Federation of Belarus and was a member of the Belarus Olympic Committee. After that he trained canoers in Russia, and in 2013 became head coach of the Russian team.[1][4][5]

Politics

In 2000, he entered politics and was elected to the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus. He joined the parliamentary group Respublika that opposed the government of Alexander Lukashenko. On 3 June 2004, Parfenovich and two other members of parliament, general Valery Fralou and Siarhiej Skrabiec, started a hunger strike, arguing that the chair of the parliament did not give them the chance for debate and did not put to vote their proposed amendments to the election code. They stopped the strike on 21 June, when parliament voted against their proposals.[1]

References

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  • Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). "Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007)" (PDF). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–83. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2018.
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