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Full name Andrey Sergeyevich Kraitor Born 5 November 1992 (age 24) ( 1992-11-05 ) Vil'shanka, Kirovohrad Oblast, Vil'shanka Rayon, Ukraine Education Volgograd State Academy of Physicial Culture Country Ukraine → Azerbaijan → Russia | ||
Andrey Sergeyvich Kraitor (Russian: Андрей Сергеевич Крайтор; born 5 November 1992) is a Russian sprint canoeist who has competed since early 2000s. In the early period he competed for Ukraine, from 2009 to 2012 for Azerbaijan. Since 2013 he competes for Russia.
Biography
Andrey Kraitor was born 5 November 1992 in Vil'shanka, Kirovohrad Oblast, Vil'shanka Rayon, Ukraine. He started canoeing at age seven and was coached by his father Sergey Petrovich, Master of Sports of USSR and Ukraine. His first notable success was in 2001, winning the bronze medal at the "Honour" tournament in Kiev in 200 m.
Together with other Ukraine sportsmen in 2009, Kraitor decided to receive Azerbaijan citizenship to compete for this team. Since then he won at World Junior Championships. At the 2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships he won gold in 4 × 200 m. In autumn 2012 he did not extend his contract with Azerbajian and so in 2013 received Russian citizenship.
His new coaches became Merited Coach Vladimir Marchenko and most titulized Russian canoeist Maksim Opalev. He won several Russian Cups, Junior Championships and was successful at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia. His most notable achievements as a Russian sportsman were two gold medals at World Championships, and two bronze and two gold medals at European Championships.
He graduated at the State Academy of Physicial Culture of Volgograd.