Marin Gopov ( bg, Марин Гопов) (born April 20, 1939) is a
Bulgaria
Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...
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sprint canoer
Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water.
Overview
Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...
who competed in the early 1960s. Paired with
Toma Sokolov
Toma Sokolov ( bg, Тома Соколов) (November 6, 1938 – December 21, 2011) was a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. Paired with Marin Gopov, he finished sixth in the C-2 1000 m event at the 1960 Summer Olympics ...
, he finished sixth in the
C-2 1000 m event at the
1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...
in
Rome
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References
Sports-reference.com profile
1939 births
Bulgarian male canoeists
Canoeists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Bulgaria
Place of birth missing (living people)
20th-century Bulgarian people
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