Martin Marinov ( bg, Мартин Маринов, born 25 October 1967) is a

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n flatwater canoeist who competed from the late 1980s and the mid-2000s (decade). A former "Mr Bulgaria" he won two Olympic medals for that country in the Canadian canoeing 500 m events. Married for Darina Marinova from 07.05.1989. Kids: Georgi Marinov 08.05.1992 and Maria-Veronika Marinova 14.04.1997. Grandkids: Martin Marinov 27.01.2020

Biography

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in 1988 he was the bronze medalist in the C-1 500 m. Four years later in

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he and teammate

Blagovest Stoyanov Blagovest Stoyanov ( bg, Благовест Стоянов, born March 21, 1968 in Asenovgrad) is a Bulgarian sprint canoer who competed in the 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze in the C-2 500 m event at Barcelona ...

won bronze in the C-2 500 m. At the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

, Marinov and Stojanov reached both C-2 finals, finishing fourth in the 1000 m and fifth in the 500 m events, respectively. Marinov later emigrated and represented

. He retired after the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

where he was eliminated in the C-1 500 m semi-final. He also won five

ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships are an international event in canoe racing, one of two Summer Olympic sport events organized by the International Canoe Federation (the other being the ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships). The World Cham ...

medals with a silver (C-1 1000 m:

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) and four bronzes (C-1 500 m:

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; C-2 200 m:

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, C-2 500 m:

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). During October 2006 and December 2012, Marinov was appointed as Head Coach of the

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Canoe/Kayak Program. During 2013–2017 he was a head coach of the Chinese Canoe-kayak National Team and Anhoi Canoe-kayak team. Marinov participated at 2016 Rio Olympics as the oldest ever Olympian in canoe-kayak disciplines at age of 48 and finished 10th place in C2 1000m and 14th place in C1 1000m. From 08.2017 Martin Marinov is a Technical Director for flatwater disciplines at the International Canoe Federation (ICF)

References

* * * * 1967 births Australian male canoeists Bulgarian male canoeists Bulgarian emigrants to Australia Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists of Australia Olympic canoeists of Bulgaria Olympic bronze medalists for Bulgaria Olympic medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics {{Bulgaria-canoe-bio-stub