Nicolae Juravschi (given name also transliterated Nikolai, Nikolaï, or Nikolay and surname Juravski, Juravskiy, Yuravskiy, or Zhuravsky; born 8 August 1964) is a Moldovan politician and former canoe sprinter. He won three Olympic medals in the C-2 event with his teammate Viktor Reneysky. In the Soviet era Juravschi trained at the Armed Forces sports society in Kishinev (now Chișinău), Moldova.
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Representing  Soviet Union
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Olympic Games
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1988 Seoul | C-2 500 m |
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1988 Seoul | C-2 1000 m |
| World Championships | ||
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1989 Plovdiv | C-2 500 m |
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1989 Plovdiv | C-4 500 m |
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1989 Plovidv | C-4 1000 m |
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1990 Poznań | C-2 500 m |
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1990 Poznań | C-4 500 m |
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1990 Poznań | C-4 1000 m |
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1991 Paris | C-4 500 m |
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1991 Paris | C-4 1000 m |
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1991 Paris | C-2 500 m |
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1991 Paris | C-2 1000 m |
Representing  Moldova
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1996 Atlanta | C-2 500 m |
| World Championships | ||
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1995 Duisburg | C-2 500 m |
The pair won two gold medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics, as competitors for the USSR. In the next three years Juravschi won a total of eight world championship gold medals in the C-2 and C-4 events.
Despite this success Reneysky and Juravschi were not selected for the Unified Team at the 1992 Olympics, having been defeated in the trials. Juravschi was invited to represent Romania instead and reached two finals.
He then returned to Moldova and in 1995 persuaded his former partner Reneysky, from Belarus, to join forces once more and represent Moldova at the 1996 Olympics. They won a silver medal at the Atlanta games.
Juravski is now president of the Moldovan Olympic Committee and the Moldovan Canoe-Kayak Federation.
He has been a member of the Parliament of Moldova since 2011. Originally a member of the Liberal Democratic Party, he is now a member of the European People's Party of Moldova.
References
edit- Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). "Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007)" (PDF). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–83. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 May 2018.
JURAVSKIY Nikolay
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nicolae Juravschi". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on January 9, 2009.
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