Nikolay Khrenkov

Nikolay Khrenkov
Personal information
Full name	Nikolay Nikolayevich Khrenkov
Born	15 July 1984[1]; Zheleznogorsk, Russia
Died	2 June 2014 (aged 29); Podgorny, Russia
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight	96 kg (212 lb; 15.1 st)[1]
Sport
Country	Russia
Sport	Bobsleigh
Turned pro	2008[1]
Men's bobsleigh
Representing Russia
European Championships

Nikolay Nikolayevich Khrenkov (Russian: Николай Николаевич Хренков, 15 July 1984 – 2 June 2014) was a Russian bobsledder.

Career

Khrenkov's best World Cup finish was first in the four-man event at Park City, Utah in December 2010. He also finished second in a four-man World Cup race at Whistler Sliding Centre in February 2012.[2] He was also a member of the four-man crew led by Alexandr Zubkov which won silver medals at the Bobsleigh European Championship in 2011[3] and 2012.[4] Khrenkov competed for Russia at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the four-man bobsleigh event.[5]

Khrenkov was killed in a car crash near the village of Podgorny on 2 June 2014.[6] He was on his way to see his parents.[7] Khrenkov was 29.

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References

"FIBT profile". Retrieved 4 January 2011.
"World cup 2012". Yahoo!. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
"FIBT European Championships Bob & Skeleton: Official Results 4 Man Bob" (PDF). International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation. 23 January 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
"Russian bob grabs silver at European champs". RT (TV network). 8 January 2012. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nikolay Khrenkov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
"Death of Russian Athlete Nikolai Khrenkov a 'Great Loss,' Olympic Teammate Says | News". The Moscow Times. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.
"Russian bobsledder Nikolay Khrenkov killed in horrific car crash in Krasnoyarsk". Archived from the original on 22 March 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2014.

External links

Nikolay Khrenkov at the International Olympic Committee
Nikolay Khrenkov at the Olympic Channel
Nikolay Khrenkov at Olympedia
Nikolay Hrenkov at IBSF at the Wayback Machine (archived 2017-03-23)

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[FIBTprofile-1] "FIBT profile". Retrieved 4 January 2011.

[WC2012-2] "World cup 2012". Yahoo!. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.

[3] "FIBT European Championships Bob & Skeleton: Official Results 4 Man Bob" (PDF). International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation. 23 January 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.

[4] "Russian bob grabs silver at European champs". RT (TV network). 8 January 2012. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2014.

[5] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nikolay Khrenkov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.

[6] "Death of Russian Athlete Nikolai Khrenkov a 'Great Loss,' Olympic Teammate Says | News". The Moscow Times. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2014.

[7] "Russian bobsledder Nikolay Khrenkov killed in horrific car crash in Krasnoyarsk". Archived from the original on 22 March 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2014.