Ilya Alekseyevich Pervukhin (Russian: Илья Алексеевич Первухин; born 6 July 1991) is a Russian canoeist who has won medals at Olympic, World and European level.[1]

Ilya Pervukhin
Personal information
Full nameIlya Alekseyevich Pervukhin
Born (1991-07-06) 6 July 1991 (age 33)
Tver, Russia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
CountryRussia
SportCanoe
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London C-2 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Moscow C-4 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2013 Duisburg C-2 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Montemor-o-Velho C-2 1000 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Belgrade C-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2013 Montemor-o-Velho C-2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2016 Moscow C-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2010 Tresona C-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2014 Brandenburg C-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2015 Račice C-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2021 Poznań C-2 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Plovdiv C-4 1000 m
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kazan C-2 1000 m
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Baku C-2 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Minsk C-2 1000 m

Career

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Pervukhin made his international debut at the 2010 European Championship.[2]

He won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the C-2 1000 m event, alongside Alexey Korovashkov.[3]

At the 2013 World Championships, Pervukhin and Viktor Melantyev won the silver medal in the C2 1000 m.[4]

In 2014, Pervukhin competed in both the senior and U23 World and European Championships. He won gold at the U23 European Championships and the U23 World Championships in the C2 1000 m,[5] and gold in the C4 1000 m at the senior World Championships.[6]

In June 2015, he competed in the inaugural European Games, for Russia in canoe sprint, more specifically, Men's C-2 1000m with Alexey Korovashkov. He earned a silver medal. The team also won silver in the same event at the 2015 European Championships.[7] Also in that year, he was awarded the title of Honoured Master of Sport in Russia.[2]

At the 2016 European Championships, Pervukhin and Korovashkov won the gold medal in the C2 1000 m.[8] He competed in the men's C2 1000 metres at the 2016 Summer Olympics, alongside Ilya Shtokalov, finishing in 5th place.[3]

In the C4 1000 m, he was part of the Russian team which won bronze at the 2017 European Championships.[9]

In 2018, he won bronze in the C2 1000 m at the World Championships, with Kirill Shamshurin.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Ilya Pervukhin". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Ilya PERVUKHIN". ICF - Planet Canoe. 2016-08-04. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  3. ^ a b "Ilya Pervukhin Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  4. ^ "2013 World Championships - Race 199 - C2 MEN 1000m - Final A". 31 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Results". ICF - Planet Canoe. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  6. ^ "2014 World Championships - Race 178 - C4 M 1000 - Final". 9 August 2014. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  7. ^ "European Sprint Championships Moscow". ICF - Planet Canoe. 2016-06-22. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  8. ^ "Hungary tops the medal table after the first final day in Moscow". ICF - Planet Canoe. 2016-06-25. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  9. ^ "Brendel adds 2017 European title to his winning list". ICF - Planet Canoe. 2017-07-15. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  10. ^ "German pair eye off hat trick of canoe sprint world titles at Szeged". ICF - Planet Canoe. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
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