Ilya Pervukhin

Russian canoeist

Ilya Pervukhin

Personal information

Full name

Ilya Alekseyevich Pervukhin

Born

(1991-07-06) 6 July 1991 (age 32)
Tver, Russia

Height

1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Weight

82 kg (181 lb)

Sport

Country

Russia

Sport

Canoe

Medal record

Men's canoe sprint

Representing Russia
Olympic Games
	2012 London	C-2 1000 m
World Championships
	2014 Moscow	C-4 1000 m
	2013 Duisburg	C-2 1000 m
	2018 Montemor-o-Velho	C-2 1000 m
European Championships
	2011 Belgrade	C-2 1000 m
	2013 Montemor-o-Velho	C-2 1000 m
	2016 Moscow	C-2 1000 m
	2010 Tresona	C-2 1000 m
	2014 Brandenburg	C-2 1000 m
	2015 Račice	C-2 1000 m
	2021 Poznań	C-2 1000 m
	2017 Plovdiv	C-4 1000 m
Universiade
	2013 Kazan	C-2 1000 m
European Games
	2015 Baku	C-2 1000 m
	2019 Minsk	C-2 1000 m

Ilya Alekseyevich Pervukhin (Russian: Илья Алексеевич Первухин; born 6 July 1991) is a Russian canoeist who has won medals at Olympic, World and European level.^[1]

Career

Pervukhin made his international debut at the 2010 European Championship.^[2]

He won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the C-2 1000 m event, alongside Alexey Korovashkov.^[3]

At the 2013 World Championships, Pervukhin and Viktor Melantyev won the silver medal in the C2 1000 m.^[4]

In 2014, Pervukhin competed in both the senior and U23 World and European Championships. He won gold at the U23 European Championships and the U23 World Championships in the C2 1000 m,^[5] and gold in the C4 1000 m at the senior World Championships.^[6]

In June 2015, he competed in the inaugural European Games, for Russia in canoe sprint, more specifically, Men's C-2 1000m with Alexey Korovashkov. He earned a silver medal. The team also won silver in the same event at the 2015 European Championships.^[7] Also in that year, he was awarded the title of Honoured Master of Sport in Russia.^[2]

At the 2016 European Championships, Pervukhin and Korovashkov won the gold medal in the C2 1000 m.^[8] He competed in the men's C2 1000 metres at the 2016 Summer Olympics, alongside Ilya Shtokalov, finishing in 5th place.^[3]

In the C4 1000 m, he was part of the Russian team which won bronze at the 2017 European Championships.^[9]

In 2018, he won bronze in the C2 1000 m at the World Championships, with Kirill Shamshurin.^[10]

References

^ "Ilya Pervukhin". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2013. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Ilya PERVUKHIN". ICF - Planet Canoe. 2016-08-04. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
^ ^a ^b "Ilya Pervukhin Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
^ "2013 World Championships - Race 199 - C2 MEN 1000m - Final A". 31 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
^ "Results". ICF - Planet Canoe. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
^ "2014 World Championships - Race 178 - C4 M 1000 - Final". 9 August 2014. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
^ "European Sprint Championships Moscow". ICF - Planet Canoe. 2016-06-22. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
^ "Hungary tops the medal table after the first final day in Moscow". ICF - Planet Canoe. 2016-06-25. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
^ "Brendel adds 2017 European title to his winning list". ICF - Planet Canoe. 2017-07-15. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
^ "German pair eye off hat trick of canoe sprint world titles at Szeged". ICF - Planet Canoe. 12 August 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2021.