Ihor Matviienko
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Ihor Matviienko

Ihor Matviienko (born May 17, 1971 in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian sailor and Olympic Champion. He won a gold medal in the 470 class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, together with Yevhen Braslavets. He also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics. Also, Matviienko is the World and European Champion in 2001. He is a President of the Sailing Federation of the Dnipro, President of 470 class association of Ukraine and Founder of sailing school and club MIR yacht club in Dnipro, Ukraine.

Ihor Matviienko was born on May 17, 1971, in Dnipro, Ukrainian SSR. He graduated from the Dnipropetrovsk State Institute of Physical Culture and Sports and in 1984 he began his sailing career.

In 1988, at the Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR, he met Evgeny Braslavets, with whom he later performed in the same crew in several competitions. In 1990, he became a member of the USSR national team in the 470 class. In 1991, he won the Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR.

In 1996, Ihor Matviienko together with Yevhen Braslavets participated in the 26th Olympic Games in Atlanta and became Champion (Gold Medal) in 470 sailing class. Matviienko and Braslavec won the Olympics with a minimum number of penalty points and therefore entered the Guinness Book of Records in 1997.

Matviienko also participated in the 2000 Sydney Olympics and the 2004 Athens Olympics.

In 2000, he became the bronze medalist of the World Championship.

In 2001, Matviienko won gold both at the World Championships and at the European Championships.

After his Olympic career, he took part in numerous racing projects at the world level in Dragon, Transpac52, SB20 and Melges20 sailing classes. Also, he coached national and Olympic teams of Ukraine and Russia in different classes (470, Finn, catamaran, Tornado, Yngling). Together with Yevhen Braslavets, he coached the national team of Singapore in class 470 in the cycle of preparation for the Asian Games, as well as the women's crew of the Canadian national team in class 470 in the cycle of preparation for the Olympic Games in Australia.

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