Ivans Klementjevs

Klementjevs in 2010
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1988 SeoulC-1 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1985 MechelenC-1 1000 m
Gold medal – first place1989 PlovdivC-1 1000 m
Gold medal – first place1989 PlovdivC-1 10000 m
Gold medal – first place1990 PoznańC-1 1000 m
Gold medal – first place1991 ParisC-1 1000 m
Silver medal – second place1983 TampereC-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place1986 MontrealC-1 1000 m
Silver medal – second place1991 ParisC-1 10000 m
Bronze medal – third place1987 DuisburgC-1 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place1990 PoznańC-1 10000 m
Representing  Latvia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1992 BarcelonaC-1 1000 m
Silver medal – second place1996 AtlantaC-1 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1993 CopenhagenC-1 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place1995 DuisburgC-1 1000 m
Representing  Poland
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1994 Mexico CityC-1 1000 m

Ivans Klementjevs (born 18 November 1960 in Burtiki) is a Soviet-born Latvian politician and former sprint canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s. He won three Olympic medals in C-1 1000 m at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. The highlight was the gold medal in 1988, which he won as a competitor for the USSR. He trained at Trudovye Rezervy and later at the Armed Forces sports society in Riga when Latvia was part of the Soviet Union.

He also won a total of twelve C-1 medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with seven golds (C-1 1000 m: 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994; C-1 10000 m: 1989), two silvers (C-1 1000 m: 1986, C-1 10000 m: 1991), and three bronzes (C-1 1000 m: 1987, 1995; C-1 10000 m: 1990). Klementjev's only non C-1 world championship medal was a silver in the C-2 500 m event in 1983.

After retiring from canoeing, Klementijevs entered politics and was a Riga city councillor for the National Harmony Party from 2001 to 2005, and since 2006 is a member of the Saeima for Harmony.

He was awarded with the highest Latvian state decoration - the Order of the Three Stars, 4th Class in 1999.[1]

References

  1. ↑ vestnesis.lv (10 November 1999). "Par apbalvošanu ar Triju Zvaigžņu ordeni un ordeņa Goda zīmi - Latvijas Vēstnesis" [Of the awarding of the Order of the Three Stars and the Medal of Honor of the Order]. Latvijas Vēstnesis (in Latvian). Retrieved 1 December 2020.


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