Milko Georgiev Kazanov (Bulgarian: Милко Георгиев Казанов, sometimes listed as Milko Kazakov, born 11 February 1970 in Rousse) is a Bulgarian sprint canoeist who competed from the early 1990s to 2005. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Atlanta in 1996.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's canoe sprint | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
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1996 Atlanta | K-2 1000 m |
| World Championships | ||
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2002 Seville | K-4 1000 m |
Kazanov also won a bronze in the K-4 1000 m event at the 2002 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Seville.
He has also won three European Championship medals, two silvers (K-4 500 m, K-4 1000 m) in Zagreb in 1999 and bronze (K-4 1000 m) in Poznań in 2000.
Kazanov is 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) tall and weighs 86 kg (190 lb). He is now a member of the Levski Canoe/Kayak Club in Sofia.
References
edit- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
External links
edit- Milko Kazanov at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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