Nikolay Khrenkov

Nikolay Khrenkov
Personal information
Born (1984-07-15)15 July 1984[1]
Died 2 June 2014(2014-06-02) (aged 29)
Residence Zheleznogorsk
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)[1]
Weight 96 kg (212 lb; 15.1 st)[1]
Sport
Country  Russia
Sport Bobsleigh
Turned pro 2008[1]

Nikolay Khrenkov (15 July 1984 – 2 June 2014) was a Russian bobsledder.

Career

Khrenkov's best World Cup finish was first in the four-man event at Park City, Utah in December 2010. He also finished second in a four-man World Cup race at Whistler Sliding Centre in February 2012.[2] He was also a member of the four-man crew led by Alexandr Zubkov which won silver medals at the Bobsleigh European Championship in 2011[3] and 2012.[4]

Khrenkov was killed in a car crash near the village of Podgorny on 2 June 2014.[5] He was on his way to see his parents.[6] Khrenkov was 29.

References


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