Bâbak Amir-Tahmasseb ( fa, بابک امیرطهماسب; born 19 May 1976) is an
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
ian-born
French sprint kayaker who competed in the early to mid-2000s. He won a gold medal in the K-1 1000 m event at the
2001 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 2001 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Poznań, Poland at Lake Malta. The Polish city had hosted the event previously in 1990.
The men's competition consisted of nine Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. ...
in
Poznań
Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint Joh ...
.
Amir-Tahmasseb also competed in two
Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fourth in the
K-2 500 m event at
Sydney in
2000
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.
He is a member of the
Strasbourg Eaux-Vives club.
References
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Official website*
Exhaustive result list on Strasbourg Eaux-Vives websiteStrasbourg.fr profile
1976 births
Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
French male canoeists
Iranian emigrants to France
Iranian male canoeists
Living people
Olympic canoeists for France
Sportspeople from Tehran
Olympic competitors from Iran who represented other countries
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
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