Ivan Burtchin (

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: Иван Бурчин) (born December 9, 1952) is a

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n sprint canoer who competed in the 1970s. Competing in two

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, he won a bronze in the C-2 1000 m event at

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. Burtchin also won a bronze medal in the C-2 10000 m event at the

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(As Ivan Burchin) 1952 births Bulgarian male canoeists Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for Bulgaria Olympic bronze medalists for Bulgaria Living people Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics {{Bulgaria-Olympic-medalist-stub