Kamkin, Dolinin, Kulagin and Eliseyev at the 1980 Olympics
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15 October 1952 (age 64) Kaliningrad, Russia |
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Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||
Club | VS Leningrad | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Aleksey Dmitrievich Kamkin (Russian: Алексей Дмитриевич Камкин, born 15 October 1952) is a retired Russian rower who had his best achievements in the coxless fours, together with Valeriy Dolinin, Aleksandr Kulagin and Vitaly Eliseyev. In this event they won a world title in 1981 and silver medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics and 1982 World Rowing Championships.
After retiring from competition Kamkin worked as a rowing coach at the national level. Between 1984 and 1991 he coached the Soviet Army team and prepared two national champions.