He represented the USSR, and won three Olympic gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow in the K-1 500 m, K-2 500 m, and K-2 1000 m events.
He represented the USSR. He won three Olympic gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow in the K-1 500 m-2 500 m. He won three Olympic gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in K-2 1000 m events.1 500 m was K.