Artur Siarheyevich Litvinchuk ( be, Артур Сяргеевiч Літвінчук; born 4 January 1988) is a
Belarus
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ian
sprint canoeist who has competed since the late 2000s. He won the gold medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the
2008 Summer Olympics in
Beijing
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Litvinchuck also won two medals in the K-4 1000 m event at the
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
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with a gold in
2009
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and a silver in
2010
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. He married Belarusian canoeist
Maryna Pautaran.
References
Canoe09.ca profile*
1988 births
Belarusian male canoeists
Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Belarus
Olympic gold medalists for Belarus
Olympic medalists in canoeing
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
People from Mazyr
Sportspeople from Gomel Region
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