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{{Short description|Soviet canoe racer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = 
| image = Vladimir Parfenovich 1980.jpg
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| caption = Parfenovich at the 1980 Olympics
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|2 December 1958}}
| birth_place = [[Minsk]], [[Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic|Byelorussian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| height = 192 cm
| weight = 90 kg
| sport = [[canoe racing|Canoe sprint]]
| club = Krasnoye Znamya Minsk
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalCountry|the {{URS}}}}
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalGold|[[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]]|[[Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 500 metres|K-1 500 m]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]]|[[Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 500 metres|K-2 500 m]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]]|[[Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's K-2 1000 metres|K-2 1000 m]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1978 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1978 Belgrade]]|K-1 500 m}}
{{MedalGold|[[1979 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1979 Duisburg]]|K-1 500 m}}
{{MedalGold|[[1979 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1979 Duisburg]]|K-2 500 m}}
{{MedalGold|[[1981 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1981 Nottingham]]|K-1 500 m}}
{{MedalGold|[[1981 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1981 Nottingham]]|K-2 500 m}}
{{MedalGold|[[1981 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1981 Nottingham]]|K-2 1000 m}}
{{MedalGold|[[1982 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1982 Belgrade]]|K-1 500 m}}
{{MedalGold|[[1982 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1982 Belgrade]]|K-2 500 m}}
{{MedalGold|[[1982 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1982 Belgrade]]|K-2 1000 m}}
{{MedalGold|[[1983 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1983 Tampere]]|K-1 500 m}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1983 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1983 Tampere]]|K-2 500 m}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1983 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships|1983 Tampere]]|K-2 1000 m}}
}}

'''Vladimir Vladimirovich Parfenovich''' ({{langx|be|Уладзімір Парфяновіч}}; {{langx|ru|Владимир Владимирович Парфенович}}, {{lang|ru-latn|Vladimir Parfenovich}}; born 2 December 1958) is a [[Belarus]]ian retired sprint canoer and politician.

==Sport==
Parfenovich competed for the Soviet Union at the Moscow Olympics and became the first canoer to win all three events he entered: K-1 500 m, K-2 500 m and K-2 1000 m. He also won twelve medals at the [[ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships]], with nine golds (K-1 500 m: 1979, 1981–1983; K-2 500 m: 1979, 1981, 1982; K-2 1000 m: 1981, 1982) and three silvers (K-1 500 m: 1978, K-2 500 m: 1983, K-2 1000 m: 1983).<ref name=sr/><ref name=r1/><ref name=r2/>

Parfenovich retired from competitions after learning that the 1984 will be boycotted by the [[Soviet Union]]. He then worked as an instructor for the Sport ministry of Belarus and served in the [[KGB]] and police forces. In 1995–2007 he headed the Canoe-Kayak Federation of Belarus and was a member of the [[Belarus Olympic Committee]]. After that he trained canoers in Russia, and in 2013 became head coach of the Russian team.<ref name=sr/><ref name=r3/><ref name=r4/>

==Politics==
In 2000, he entered politics and was elected to the [[National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus]]. He joined the parliamentary group Respublika that opposed the government of [[Alexander Lukashenko]]. On 3 June 2004, Parfenovich and two other members of parliament, general Valery Fralou and Siarhiej Skrabiec, started a hunger strike, arguing that the chair of the parliament did not give them the chance for debate and did not put to vote their proposed amendments to the election code. They stopped the strike on 21 June, when parliament voted against their proposals.<ref name=sr/>

==References==
{{Commons category|Vladimir Parfenovich}}
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<ref name=r1 >{{Cite web |url=http://canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |title=Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint). ''CanoeICF.com''. International Canoe Federation. pp. 1–41 |access-date=9 July 2019 |archive-date=5 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105013709/http://canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name=r2 >{{Cite web |url=http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%2042-83%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007.pdf?MenuID=Results/1107/0,Medal_winners_since_1936/1510/0 |title=Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines. ''CanoeICF.com''. International Canoe Federation. pp. 42–83 |access-date=27 August 2025 |archive-date=9 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091109000000/https://www.webcitation.org/5l9vPO85Y?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.canoeicf.com%2Fsite%2Fcanoeint%2Fif%2Fdownloads%2Fresult%2FPages%2042-83%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007.pdf%3FMenuID%3DResults%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal_winners_since_1936%2F1510%2F0 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name=r3>[http://www.nv-online.info/by/123/90/23063/ Владимир Парфенович: «Скажите, я этой Родине нужен? Или мне надо было съесть последние носки?»] nv-online.info (5 November 2010)</ref>
<ref name=r4>[https://charter97.org/ru/news/2013/10/5/76965/ Владимир Парфенович стал главным тренером сборной России по гребле]. charter97.org (5 October 2013)</ref>
<ref name=sr>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Vladimir Parfenovich |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/vladimir-parfenovich-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203190427/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/vladimir-parfenovich-1.html |archive-date=3 December 2016}}</ref>
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* {{Cite web |editor-last=Kamber |editor-first=Raymond |editor-link=Raymond Kamber |date=2008 |url=https://www.canoeicf.com/sites/default/files/results_history_-_complete_medal_winners_icf_updated_2007.pdf |title=Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007) |website=CanoeICF.com |publisher=[[International Canoe Federation]] |pages=1–83 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518200125/https://www.canoeicf.com/sites/default/files/results_history_-_complete_medal_winners_icf_updated_2007.pdf |archive-date=18 May 2018}}

==External links==
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Olympics.com|vladimir-parfenovich}}
* {{NOC Belarus|parfenovich-vladimir-vladimirovich-greblya-na-bajdarkakh-i-kanoe|Vladimir Parfenovich}}

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[[Category:1958 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Soviet male canoeists]]
[[Category:Belarusian male canoeists]]
[[Category:Olympic canoeists for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in canoeing]]
[[Category:Canoeists at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak]]
[[Category:Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour]]
[[Category:Members of the House of Representatives of Belarus]]
[[Category:Belarusian sportsperson-politicians]]
[[Category:Politicians from Minsk]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Minsk]]
[[Category:20th-century Belarusian sportsmen]]