Aleksandr Kovalev

Aleksandr Vladimirovich Kovalev, ( _ru. Александр Владимирович Ковалев, born March 2, 1975 in Belaya Kalitva, Rostov) is a Russian flatwater canoeist. He is a three-time world championship gold medallist in the Canadian canoe (C) events.

Having just missed out on a medal at the Sydney Olympics, he and partner Aleksandr Kostoglod won two medals at Athens in 2004 - silver in the C-2 1000m and bronze over 500m.

A member of the Russian national team since 1997, he is small for a world-class canoer at 170cm (5'7") tall and 70kg (154 lb) but makes up for this with excellent technique.

World Championship Golds

* C4 200m 2005 Zagreb, Croatia, 33.867
* C2 1000m 1999 Milan, Italy 3:38.999
* C2 1000m 1998 Szeged, Hungary 3:56.028