Igor Kuzmin
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Igor Kuzmin is an Estonia
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

n rower. He is a member of rowing club "SK Narva Energia" located in Narva
Narva
Narva is the third largest city in Estonia. It is located at the eastern extreme point of Estonia, by the Russian border, on the Narva River which drains Lake Peipus.-Early history:...

.

Junior years

In 2000 Kuzmin competed in the Junior World Rowing Championships
Junior World Rowing Championships
The World Rowing Junior Championships is an international rowing regatta organized by FISA . A rower or coxswain shall be classified as a Junior until 31st December of the year in which he reaches the age of 18. After that date, he shall be classified as an Under 23 rower...

 in the single sculls event earning 12 position. In 2002 he competed in the U-23 World Regatta with Andrei Jämsä
Andrei Jämsa
Andrei Jämsä is an Estonian rower. Due to a back injury he could not compete in 2007. He is a member of rowing club "SK Pärnu" located in Pärnu.-Junior years:...

 in the double sculls event earning 7th position.

Olympic Games

His first appearance in the Olympic Games was in Athens 2004, where he competed in the quadruple sculls event with Andrei Jämsä, Andrei Šilin and Oleg Vinogradov earning 9th position overall.

Kuzmin's second appearance at the Olympics was in Beijing 2008 where he competed in the quadruple sculls event with Allar Raja
Allar Raja
Allar Raja is an Estonian rower. He is a member of rowing club "SK Kalev" located in Pärnu.-Junior years:...

, Vladimir Latin and Kaspar Taimsoo. The men were 4th in their preliminary heat and won the repechage. In the semifinals they finished fourth and did not get to Final A. The final place was 9th as they finished third in Final B.

World championships

Kuzmin debuted in the World Rowing Championships
World Rowing Championships
The World Rowing Championships is an international rowing regatta organized by FISA . It is a week long event held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer and in non-Olympic years is the highlight of the international rowing calendar.The first event was held in Lucerne, Switzerland in 1962...

 in 2002 in Seville
Seville
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, Spain
Spain
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, he was a member of the qudruple sculls team with Tõnu Endrekson
Tõnu Endrekson
Tõnu Endrekson is an Estonian rower. He was fourth in the double sculls event with Leonid Gulov at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Endrekson won a silver medal in 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the double sculls event with Jüri Jaanson...

, Andrei Šilin, and Silver Sonntak. They won the Final B and earned 7th place.

2003 in Milan
Milan
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, Italy
Italy
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 he competed in the double sculls event with Jämsä, earning 9th position overall.

Kuzmin won his first World Championships medal in 2006 in Eton
Eton, Berkshire
Eton is a town and civil parish in Berkshire, England, lying on the opposite bank of the River Thames to Windsor and connected to it by Windsor Bridge. The parish also includes the large village of Eton Wick, 2 miles west of the town, and has a population of 4,980. Eton was in Buckinghamshire until...

, Great Britain
Great Britain
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 in the quadruple sculls event with Jämsä, Endrekson and Allar Raja
Allar Raja
Allar Raja is an Estonian rower. He is a member of rowing club "SK Kalev" located in Pärnu.-Junior years:...

.

2007 in Munich
Munich
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, Germany
Germany
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 he competed in the quadruple sculls event with Raja, Vladimir Latin
Vladimir Latin
Vladimir Latin is an Estonian rower. He is a member of rowing club "SK Narva Energia" located in Narva. He finished 9th in the men's quadruple sculls at the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Rowing World Cup:- External links :...

 and Kaspar Taimsoo earning 8th position.

2009 in Poznan
Poznan
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, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 ha was again a part of the Estonia's quadruple sculls team, this time together with Andrei Jämsä, Tõnu Endrekson and Vladimir Latin. The team achieved 10th position overall.

European Championships

2007 in Poznan
Poznan
Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...

, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 he competed in the quadruple sculls event with Raja, Latin and Taimsoo earning 5th position.

2009 in Brest
Brest, Belarus
Brest , formerly also Brest-on-the-Bug and Brest-Litovsk , is a city in Belarus at the border with Poland opposite the city of Terespol, where the Bug River and Mukhavets rivers meet...

, Belarus
Belarus
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 he was a member of the qudruple sculls team with Valeri Prosvirin, Tõnu Endrekson
Tõnu Endrekson
Tõnu Endrekson is an Estonian rower. He was fourth in the double sculls event with Leonid Gulov at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Endrekson won a silver medal in 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the double sculls event with Jüri Jaanson...

 and Andrei Jämsä. They earned 8th place.

2010 in Montemor-o-Velho
Montemor-o-Velho
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, Portugal
Portugal
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Kuzmin, Prosvirin, Jämsä and Latin were 8th once more.

Rowing World Cup

Year Event Position Class
2002 Hazewinkel, Belgium 5th Quadruple Sculls
Lucerne, Switzerland 4th Quadruple Sculls
2003 Milan, Italy 11th Quadruple Sculls
Munich, Germany 13th Double Sculls
2004 Poznan, Poland 4th Quadruple Sculls
Munich, Germany 2nd Quadruple Sculls
Lucerne, Switzerland 10th Quadruple Sculls
2005 Eton, Great Britain 23rd Single Sculls
Munich, Germany 13th Double Sculls
2006 Munich, Germany 7th Double Sculls
Lucerne, Switzerland 6th Double Sculls
2007 Linz, Austria 3rd Double Sculls
Lucerne, Switzerland 11th Quadruple Sculls
2008 Munich, Germany 7th Quadruple Sculls
Poznan, Poland 7th Quadruple Sculls
2009 Munich, Germany 10th Double Sculls
Lucerne, Switzerland 8th Quadruple Sculls
2010 Bled, Slovenia 14th Single Sculls
Lucerne, Switzerland 18th Single Sculls

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