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Place of Birth: Mežāre Parish, Krustpils Municipality, Latvia
About Ivans Klementjevs
- Ivans Klementjevs (born 18 November 1960 in Burtiki) is a Soviet-born Latvian politician and former sprint canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s.
- He won three Olympic medals in C-1 1000 m at the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics.
- The highlight was the gold medal in 1988, which he won as a competitor for the USSR.
- He trained at Trudovye Rezervy and later at the Armed Forces sports society in Riga when Latvia was part of the Soviet Union. He also won a total of twelve C-1 medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with seven golds (C-1 1000 m: 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994; C-1 10000 m: 1989), two silvers (C-1 1000 m: 1986, C-1 10000 m: 1991), and three bronzes (C-1 1000 m: 1987, 1995; C-1 10000 m: 1990).
- Klementjev's only non C-1 world championship medal was a silver in the C-2 500 m event in 1983. After retiring from canoeing, Klementijevs entered politics and was a Riga city councillor for the National Harmony Party from 2001–2005, and since 2006 is a member of the Saeima for Harmony.
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