- Leonid Gulov
Leonid Gulov (born
September 29 ,1981 , inNarva ,Estonian SSR ,USSR ) is anEstonia nrower . He was fourth in the double sculls event withTõnu Endrekson at the2004 Summer Olympics inAthens . He is a member of rowing club "SK Narva Energia" located inNarva .Junior years
Gulov´s firs appearance in the
Junior World Rowing Championships was in 1997 in the quadruple sculls event (23rd). In 1998 and 1999 he won the Junior Championships gold medals in the single sculls event. In 2000 he won the gold medal in the U-23 World Regatta in the double sculls event with Andrei Šilin. He repeated the world title in 2001 competing withTõnu Endrekson .Olympic Games
His Olympic Games debute took place in
Sydney 2000 , where he competed in the double sculls event with Andrei Šilin and they achieved 9th position overall.His second appearance in the Olympic Games was in
Athens 2004 , where he competed in the double sculls event with Tõnu Endrekson. The men were third in their preliminary heat and second in semi-final thus earning a place in the Final A. They held the sixth position for the first 1500 metres, but with the strong final 500 metres they managed to clinch the fourth position. Eventually they lost the bronze medal to ItaliansRossano Galtarossa andAlessio Sartori by 2,37 seconds.World Championships
Gulov debuted in the
World Rowing Championships in 1999 in St. Catharines,Canada where he competed with Šilin and they were second in the Final B earning 8th place.2001 in
Lucerne ,Switzerland he competed in the quadruple sculls event with Endrekson, Šilin and Silver Sonntak. They won the Final B and earned 7th place.2003 in
Milan ,Italy he was a member of the quadruple sculls team with Endrekson, Šilin and Sonntak. They won the Final B and earned 7th place.Gulov won his first World Championships medal in 2005 in
Gifu ,Japan in the quadruple sculls event withAndrei Jämsä , Endrekson andJüri Jaanson when they finished third after Poland and Slovenia.2006 in
Eton ,Great Britain he competed in the double sculls event with Vladimir Latin (20th).2007 in
Munich ,Germany he dcided to participate in the single sculls event, but the result was a disappointment when he finished 24th.Rowing World Cup External links
* [http://80.83.47.230/n_bio_rower.fwx?no_id=4210 Biography] at worldrowing.com
* [http://www.soudeliit.ee/index.php?pageID=11 Biography] at soudeliit.ee
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