Sergey Fedorovtsev

Sergey Anatolyevich Fedorovtsev (Russian: Сергей Анатольевич Федоровцев, born 31 January 1980) is a Russian rower.

Sergey Fedorovtsev
Personal information
Born (1980-01-31) 31 January 1980
Rostov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubRussian Army

Career

Competing in quadruple sculls, he won a gold medal at the 2004 Olympics and the European title in 2011 and 2015. His teams placed seventh and eighth at the 2008 and 2012 Games, respectively.[1]

He was disqualified from competing at the 2016 Olympics after a positive out-of-competition drug test (trimetazidine),[2] and subsequently given a 4-year ban.[3]

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sergey Fedorovtsev". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  2. Четверка российских гребцов отстранена от участия в ОИ-2016. tass.ru (1 July 2016)
  3. "Russian Olympic gold medalist rower banned for doping". Federal News Network. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.


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