Raman Piatrushenka
Beijing K-4 1000 m team on a 2010 Belarusian stamp: Abalmasau, Piatrushenka (2nd left), Litvinchuk and Makhneu
Personal information
Born (1980-12-25) 25 December 1980
Kalinkavičy, Belarus
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight91 kg (201 lb)
Sport
SportCanoe sprint
ClubSK FPB Mazyr
Coached byVladimir Shantarovich
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Belarus
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2008 BeijingK-4 1000 m
Silver medal – second place2012 LondonK-2 200 m
Bronze medal – third place2004 AthensK-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place2008 BeijingK-2 500 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2005 ZagrebK-4 500 m
Gold medal – first place2007 DuisburgK-2 200 m
Gold medal – first place2009 DartmouthK-2 200 m
Gold medal – first place2009 DartmouthK-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place2009 DartmouthK-4 200 m
Gold medal – first place2009 DartmouthK-4 1000 m
Gold medal – first place2010 PoznańK-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place2002 SevilleK-4 500 m
Silver medal – second place2003 GainesvilleK-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place2007 DuisburgK-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place2010 PoznańK-4 1000 m
Silver medal – second place2013 DuisburgK–2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place2005 ZagrebK-4 200 m
Bronze medal – third place2006 SzegedK-4 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2011 SzegedK-2 200 m
Bronze medal – third place2014 MoscowK-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place2017 RačiceK-2 500 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2011 BelgradeK-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place2011 BelgradeK-2 200 m
Bronze medal – third place2012 ZagrebK-2 500 m
Bronze medal – third place2014 BrandenburgK-2 500 m

Raman Ivanavich Piatrushenka or Roman Petrushenko (Belarusian: Раман Іванавіч Пятрушэнка; born 25 December 1980) is a Belarusian sprint canoeist who has competed since 2000. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won four medals with one gold (K-4 1000 m: 2008), one silver (K-2 200m: 2012) and two bronzes (K-2 500 m: 2004, 2008).

Piatrushenka's first success on the international stage came at the 2000 European under-23 Championships in Boulogne, France as a member of the Belarus K-4 crew which won both the 500 m and 1000 m gold medals.

At the 2001 European championships in Milan he was persuaded to enter the K-4 races, winning his first senior medals – the 500 m and 1000 m bronze. In the K-1 1000m however, he could only finish 17th.

At the 2002 European under-23 Championships in Zagreb he won the K-1 1000 m gold medal, as well as retaining both K-4 titles. Having rejoined the senior K-4 crew on a permanent basis he won his first world championship medal, the K-4 1000 m silver, in Seville. Senior K-1 races were proving harder though and he again failed to reach any major finals in 2002.

Realising he was not yet ready to challenge for senior K-1 medals he instead teamed up with Vadzim Makhneu to compete in K-2 races. On their first World Cup outing in Szeged in May 2003 they beat a world-class field including Germans Rauhe and Wieskötter over 500 m. At the 2003 World Championships in Gainesville, USA, they claimed the silver medal.

In 2004 at the Athens Olympics they won the K-2 500 m bronze medal.

In 2005 they took a break from the K-2 (and each other). Meanwhile, the Belarusian four, with Piatrushenka as the "engine", established themselves as the top K-4 500m crew in the world. A gold medal at the European Championships in Poznań was followed by victory in the World Championship final in Zagreb. This was Belarus's first world championship team kayak gold medal since independence. He also won nine more medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with six gold (K-2 200 m: 2007, 2009; K-2 500 m: 2009, 2010; K-4 200 m: 2009, K-4 1000 m: 2009), two silvers (K-2 500 m: 2007, K-4 1000 m: 2010), and a bronze (K-4 1000 m: 2006).

In June 2015, he competed in the inaugural European Games, for Belarus in canoe sprint, more specifically, Men's K-2 1000m with Vitaliy Bialko and K-4 1000m with Pavel Miadzvedzeu, Aleh Yurenia, and Vitaliy Bialko. He earned bronze medals in both areas.

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