Bâbak Amir-Tahmasseb ( fa, بابک امیرطهماسب; born 19 May 1976) is an Iranian-born

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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. Amir-Tahmasseb also competed in two

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

, earning his best finish of fourth in the K-2 500 m event at

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

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. He is a member of the Strasbourg Eaux-Vives club.

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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 {{Iran-sport-bio-stub