Aleksandr SHAPARENKO

Aleksandr Shaparenko had the following podium finishes at the Flatwater World Championships: 1st 1966 K1 1000 m, 1st 1966 K2 1000 m (with Yury Stetsenko), 1st 1970 K1 1000 m, 1st 1973 K1 10000 m, 1st 1977 K4 10000 m (with Aleksandrs Avdejevs, Vladimir Morozov, and the non-Olympian Sergey Nikolsky), 1st 1978 K4 10000 m (with Aleksandrs Avdejevs, Vladimir Morozov, and the non-Olympian Sergey Nikolsky), 1st 1979 K4 10000 m (with Aleksandrs Avdejevs, Sergey Nagorny, and the non-Olympian Sergey Nikolsky), 2nd 1974 K1 10000 m, 2nd 1977 K4 1000 m (with Aleksandrs Avdejevs, Vladimir Morozov, and the non-Olympian Sergey Nikolsky), 3rd 1966 K4 1000 m (with Yury Stetsenko, Vladimir Morozov, and Georgy Karyukhin), 3rd 1971 K1 1000 m, 3rd 1973 K1 1000 m, 3rd 1979 K4 1000 m (with Aleksandrs Avdejevs and the non-Olympians Sergey Nikolsky and Jonas Zautra).