Vadim Menkov
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's canoe sprint | ||
Representing  Uzbekistan
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| World Championships | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2009 Dartmouth | C-1 1000 m |
| | 2010 Poznań | C-1 1000 m |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2013 Duisburg | C-1 500 m |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2010 Poznań | C-1 500 m |
| | 2011 Szeged | C-1 1000 m |
Vadim Menkov (born February 12, 1987) is an Uzbek sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (C-1 1000 m: 2009, 2010) and a bronze (C-1 500 m: 2010). Most recently, Vadim won the gold medal in the sprint C1-1000m event in Canoeing at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.
Menkov also competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, finishing fourth in the C-1 1000 m event while being eliminated in the semi-finals of the C-1 500m.
Biography
Vadim Menkov was born in February 12, 1987, in Tashkent region. In 2004 he entered to the "Olympic reserver' high-school, which is located in Chirchiq. After successful graduation he was able to enter to the "Uzbek State Institute of Physical Culture" in the year of 2007.[1]
Career
Vadim Menkov is one of the most recognized sportsmen in Uzbekistan, whose major was canoeing. His early career began in 2003s when he decided to spend his life for canoeing, and his first trainer was Aleksandr Panomaryov.
After years of hard work, in 2006 in Doha, he was able to win his first International tournament. Meanwhile, in the same year he was able to win in Asian Championship on canoeing, and was able to have the honored second place in World Championship, which was held in Poland.
His talent and hard work, helped him to attend in the 2008 Summer Olympics which was held in Beijing. There, he was able to achieve the 4th place in 1000 meters campaign, which was the best result among Asian representatives. After the Olympics games, by the resolution of the President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov he was promoted as the "Honored sportsman of Uzbekistan".
2009 was the pick of his career. In this year, Vadim Menkov won number of International tournaments which were held in Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary. Due to his results in 2009 he was recognized as the "Best canoe oarsman of the year", by the International Canoe Federation.
After 3 years. in 2012 he represented Uzbekistan in 2012 Summer Olympics which was held in London. He was able to win the 4s position as 4 years before, with the time 3:49.255.[2]