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| Full name | Nikolay Nikolayevich Khrenkov | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 July 1984[1] Zheleznogorsk, Russia | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 June 2014 (aged 29) Podgorny, Russia | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 96 kg (212 lb; 15.1 st)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Russia | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport |  Bobsleigh | |||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2008[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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Nikolay Nikolayevich Khrenkov (Russian: Николай Николаевич Хренков, 15 July 1984 – 2 June 2014) was a Russian bobsledder.
Career
[edit]Khrenkov's best World Cup finish was first in the four-man event at Park City, Utah in December 2010. He also finished second in a four-man World Cup race at Whistler Sliding Centre in February 2012.[2] He was also a member of the four-man crew led by Alexandr Zubkov which won silver medals at the Bobsleigh European Championship in 2011[3] and 2012.[citation needed] Khrenkov competed for Russia at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the four-man bobsleigh event.[4]
Khrenkov was killed in a car crash near the village of Podgorny on 2 June 2014.[5] He was on his way to see his parents.[6] Khrenkov was 29.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "FIBT profile". Retrieved 4 January 2011.[dead link]
- ^ "World cup 2012". Yahoo!. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- ^ "FIBT European Championships Bob & Skeleton: Official Results 4 Man Bob" (PDF). International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation. 23 January 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nikolay Khrenkov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ "Death of Russian Athlete Nikolai Khrenkov a 'Great Loss,' Olympic Teammate Says | News". The Moscow Times. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
- ^ "Russian bobsledder Nikolay Khrenkov killed in horrific car crash in Krasnoyarsk". Archived from the original on 22 March 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
External links
[edit]- Nikolay Khrenkov at Olympics.com
- Nikolay Khrenkov at Olympedia (archive)
- Nikolay Hrenkov at IBSF at the Wayback Machine (archived 2017-03-23)
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