Anton Ryakhov (born May 29, 1980) is an Uzbek-born

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n sprint canoer who has competed since the early 2000s. He won nine medals at the

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with three silvers (K-1 200 m: 2002, K-1 500 m: 2001, 2006) and six bronzes (K-1 200 m: 2001, 2003, 2005; K-1 500 m: 2002, K-2 1000 m: 2010, K-4 1000 m: 2011). Ryakhov also competed in four Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fifth in the K-1 500 m event at

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. Until the 2004 Summer Olympics, Ryakhov competed for

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. Since those games, he has competed for

. In June 2015, he competed in the inaugural European Games, for

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, more specifically, Men's K-4 1000m with Alexandr Sergeev, Vasily Pogreban, and Vladislav Blintcov. He earned a silver medal.

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