| Oleg Zhestkov | |
| Full Name: | Oleg Aleksandrovich Zhestkov |
| Country: | Russia |
| Sport: | Canoe sprint |
| Birth Date: | 20 January 1987 |
| Birth Place: | Omsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union[1] |
| Height: | 188 cm[2] |
| Weight: | 98 kg |
| Club: | Dynamo |
| Coach: | Alexander Shishkin[3] V.S. Mikhailovsky Alexander Zhdanov (national)[4] |
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Oleg Aleksandrovich Zhestkov (ru|Олег Александрвоич Жестков; born 20 January 1987) is a Russian sprint canoeist who competes in the four-man K-4 1000 m event. He won the world title in 2013, placing third in 2011, and had a silver medal at the 2016 European Championships. His teams finished seventh at the 2012 and ninth at the 2016 Olympics.[4]
In March 2019 Zhestkov tested positive for the banned substance EPO, receiving a four-year ban.[5]
Zhestkov was born in Omsk, but later moved to Krasnodar.[1] He took up kayaking following his two brothers, his mother and his cousin.[4]