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Valentin Demyanenko
Ukrainian-Azerbaijani canoeist
Valentin Yuryevich Demyanenko (Ukrainian: Валенти́н Ю́рійович Дем'я́ненко, romanized: Valentyn Yuriyovych Demyanenko, Azerbaijani: Valentin Yuryeviç Demyanenko [lower-alpha 1]), born 23 October 1983 in Cherkassy, Cherkassy Raion, Cherkassy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Cherkasy, Cherkasy Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine), is a former Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani flatwater canoeist. He is a four times world champion, three times European champion and silver medalist of 2016 Summer Olympics in C-1 200 metres.