Anton Vasilev (sometimes listed as Anton Vasilyev, born 13 October 1983) is a Russian sprint canoeist who has competed since the late 2000s. He won a gold medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the

2013 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 2013 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships was held 29 August–1 September 2013 in Duisburg, Germany. The championships were awarded originally to Szeged, Hungary, but Szeged was moved to 2011 in the wake of Vichy, France's withdrawal in 2010 a ...

Duisburg Duisburg () is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Lying on the confluence of the Rhine and the Ruhr rivers in the center of the Rhine-Ruhr Region, Duisburg is the 5th largest city in No ...

and two bronze medals in the K-4 200 m event at the

2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 2007 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Duisburg, Germany on August 9–12, 2007 for the record-tying fourth time. The German city had hosted the championships previously in 1979, 1987, and 1995. It tied Duisburg with Belgrade, ...

and in the K-4 1000 m event at the

2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 2011 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships was the thirty-ninth edition of the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, that took place between 17 and 21 August 2011 in Szeged, Hungary. The Southern Hungarian city welcomed the world event for the ...

Szeged Szeged ( , ; see also other alternative names) is the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat of Csongrád-Csanád county. The University of Szeged is one of the m ...

. Vasilev also finished eighth in the K-4 1000 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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* * * 1983 births Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Russia Russian male canoeists ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak {{russia-canoe-bio-stub