Aleksandr Kulagin

Aleksandr Viktorovich Kulagin (Russian: Александр Викторович Кулагин, born 29 June 1954) is a retired Russian rower who had his best achievements in the coxless fours, together with Valeriy Dolinin, Aleksey Kamkin and Vitaly Eliseyev. In this event they won a world title in 1981 and silver medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics and 1982 World Rowing Championships.[1] Kulagin and Eliseev also won a world title in the coxless pairs in 1977.[2]

Aleksandr Kulagin
Kamkin, Dolinin, Kulagin and Eliseyev at the 1980 Olympics
Personal information
Full nameAleksandr Viktorovich Kulagin
Born29 June 1954 (1954-06-29) (age 67)
Kaliningrad, Russia
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubBurevestnik Moskva
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
1980 Moscow Coxless four
World Championships
1977 Amsterdam Coxless pair
1981 Münich Coxless four
1982 Lucerne Coxless four
1983 Duisburg Coxless four

After retiring from competitions Kulagin worked as a rowing coach, training Mikhail Belikov, Merab Chermashentsev and Aleksandr Bogdashin.[3]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aleksandr Kulagin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  2. Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften – Vierer ohne Steuermann Archived 2 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Zweier ohne Steuermann – Herren Archived 10 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine. sport-komplett.de
  3. "Aleksander Kulagin". RowingOne.com. World Rowing. Archived from the original on 26 December 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)


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