Viktor Sergeyevich Melantyev (russian: Виктор Сергеевич Мелантьев; born 2 June 1986) is a Russian
sprint canoeist
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 has competed since the late 2000s. He won a complete set of medals at the
2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held 12–16 August 2009 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, on Lake Banook. The competition was organized by the International Canoe Federation (ICF). The Canadian city was selected to host the ...
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Places
* Dartmouth, Devon, England
** Dartmouth Harbour
* Dartmouth, Massachusetts, United States
* Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
* Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia
Institutions
* Dartmouth College, Ivy League university i ...
with a gold in the C-1 4 × 200 m, a silver in the C-4 200 m, and a bronze in the C-2 1000 m events.
Melantev also competed in the
C-1 1000 m event at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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, but was eliminated in the semifinals.
External links
Canoe09.ca profile*
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1986 births
Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Russia
Russian male canoeists
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian
Universiade medalists in canoeing
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia
Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Krasnodar Krai
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