Sergey Ulegin (born October 8, 1977 in Engels) is a Russian canoeist who has been competing since 2001Yahoo! profile. - accessed August 23, 2008. He won a silver in the men's C-2 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.Yahoo! August 23, 2008 men's flatwater C-2 500 m final results. - accessed August 23, 2008.
At the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, Ulegin has won four medals, with two golds (C-2 500 m: 2006, C-4 200 m: 2002), a silver (C-4 200 m: 2009), and a bronze (C-2 500 m: 2002).Canoe09.ca profile - accessed 17 August 2009.
Doping controversy At the 2003 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Gainesville, Georgia in the United States, Ulegin initially won golds in the C-4 200 m2003 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships original results for the men's C-4 200 m. - accessed August 23, 2008 and C-4 500 m events,2003 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships original results for the men's C-4 500 m. - accessed August 23, 2008. and a silver in the C-2 500 m event.2003 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships original results for the men's C-2 500 m. - accessed August 23, 2008. However, the medal was withdrawn after Ulegin tested positive in a dope test at those championships.December 12, 2003 ICF Executive Committee decision on Ulegin's two-year suspension from competition following his positive doping test. - accessed August 20, 2008. A November 29, 2003 International Canoe Federation (ICF) Executive Committee meeting in Prague, Czech Republic confirmed that Ulegin's B-sample was positive like the A-test he gave in Gainesville. This led the ICF to issue a two-year suspension for Ulegin from September 14, 2003 to September 14, 2005. Ulegin became the second sprint canoeist stripped of his medals for doping either at the Summer Olympics or the World championships as a result. Ulegin served his two-year suspension, missing the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and the 2005 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.
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