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{{MedalTableTop|name=Aleksandr Kovalyov|medals={{MedalSport|Men's canoe sprint}}{{MedalCountry|{{RUS}}}}{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}{{MedalSilver|2004 Athens|C-2 1000 m}}{{MedalBronze|2004 Athens|C-2 500 m}}{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}{{MedalGold|1998 Szeged|C-2 1000 m}}{{MedalGold|1999 Milan|C-2 1000 m}}{{MedalGold|2005 Zagreb|C-4 200 m}}{{MedalSilver|2003 Gainesville|C-2 1000 m}}{{MedalBronze|1999 Milan|C-2 500 m}}{{MedalBronze|2001 Poznań|C-4 200 m}}
}}Aleksandr Vladimirovich Kovalyov ({{lang-ru|Александр Владимирович Ковалёв}}, born March 2, 1975) is a Russian sprint canoeist who has competed from 1997 to 2005. Having just missed out on a medal at the Sydney Olympics, he and partner Aleksandr Kostoglod won two medals at Athens in 2004 with a silver in the C-2 1000 m and bronze C-2 500 m events. Kovalev also won six medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three golds (C-2 1000 m: 1998, 1999; C-4 200 m: 2005), one silver (C-2 1000 m: 2003), and two bronzes (C-2 500 m: 1999, C-4 200 m: 2001). A member of the Russian national team since 1997, he is small for a world-class canoeist at {{Convert|170|cm|ft}} tall and {{Convert|70|kg|lb}} but makes up for this with excellent technique. References- {{Webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5e02gQdss?url=http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=2009-01-21 |title=ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 |url2=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105013709/http://canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date2=January 5, 2010 |title2=Wayback Machine }}
- {{Webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5l9vPO85Y?url=http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%2042-83%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=2009-11-09 |title=ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007}}
External links- {{SR/Olympics profile|ko/aleksandr-kovalyov-1|Aleksandr Kovalyov}}
- {{IOC profile|alexander-kovalev|Alexander Kovalev}}
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