Aleksandr Vladimirovich Kovalyov


Aleksandr Vladimirovich Kovalyov is a Russian sprint canoeist who has competed from 1997 to 2005.
Having just missed out on a medal at the Sydney Olympics, he and partner Aleksandr Kostoglod won two medals at Athens in 2004 with a silver in the C-2 1000 m and bronze C-2 500 m events.
Kovalev also won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds, one silver, and two bronzes.
A member of the Russian national team since 1997, he is small for a world-class canoeist at tall and but makes up for this with excellent technique.