Ivans Klementjevs

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.

Ivans Klementjevs

Klementjevs in 2010
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
	1988 Seoul	C-1 1000 m
World Championships
	1985 Mechelen	C-1 1000 m
	1989 Plovdiv	C-1 1000 m
	1989 Plovdiv	C-1 10000 m
	1990 Poznań	C-1 1000 m
	1991 Paris	C-1 1000 m
	1983 Tampere	C-2 500 m
	1986 Montreal	C-1 1000 m
	1991 Paris	C-1 10000 m
	1987 Duisburg	C-1 1000 m
	1990 Poznań	C-1 10000 m
Representing  Latvia
Olympic Games
	1992 Barcelona	C-1 1000 m
	1996 Atlanta	C-1 1000 m
World Championships
	1993 Copenhagen	C-1 1000 m
	1995 Duisburg	C-1 1000 m
Representing  Poland
World Championships
	1994 Mexico City	C-1 1000 m

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 2001–2005, 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]