Maksim Opalev is described in the public record as Canoe racer. Born in Volgograd, Russia, in 1979.
Maksim Alexandrovich Opalev (Russian: Максим Александрович Опалев; born 4 April 1979) is a retired Russian sprint canoeist. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he has won a complete set of medals in the C-1 500 m event (gold: 2008, silver: 2000, bronze: 2004). Opalev's potential was evident when he won two gold medals as a sixteen-year-old at the 1995 World Junior Championships in Yamanashi, Japan. Competing against opponents two years older than himself he won the C-2 1000 m title (with Konstantin Fomichev) as well as the C-4 500 m gold. At the next edition of the world junior championships, in Lahti, Finland, in 1997, Opalev won the C-1 1000 m title. At the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, Opalev has won 20 medals between 1997 and 2007.
Maksim Opalev is recorded among the figures by whom sailing is remembered, and the surviving account of that career is the basis on which the reputation rests.
Competitive sailing is decided as much by reading wind and current as by boat speed, and a result is scored across a series rather than a single start.
