Nikolay Khrenkov
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Full name | Nikolay Nikolayevich Khrenkov | ||||||||||||||||
Born | Zheleznogorsk, Russia | 15 July 1984||||||||||||||||
Died | 2 June 2014 Podgorny, Russia | (aged 29)||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 96 kg (212 lb; 15.1 st) | ||||||||||||||||
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Country | Russia | ||||||||||||||||
Sport | Bobsleigh | ||||||||||||||||
Turned pro | 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
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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. 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 and 2012.[citation needed] Khrenkov competed for Russia at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the four-man bobsleigh event.
Khrenkov was killed in a car crash near the village of Podgorny on 2 June 2014. He was on his way to see his parents. Khrenkov was 29.