Igor Nagayev (born 22 February 1966) is a

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who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Competing in two

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, he won two silver medals at

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, earning them in the K-2 500 m and K-4 1000 m events. Nagayev also won a bronze medal in the K-1 500 m event at the

1986 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 1986 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Montreal, Canada at the Notre Dame Island. This is also where the canoeing and rowing competitions for the 1976 Summer Olympics took place. The men's competition consisted of six Canadian ...

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1966 births Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Living people Soviet male canoeists Olympic canoeists for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak Sportspeople from Kyiv Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics {{USSR-Olympic-medalist-stub