Aleksandr Popov (born April 26, 1975) is an

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sprint canoer Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race in specially designed sprint canoes or sprint kayaks on calm water over a short distance. Prior to November 2008, canoe sprint was known as flatwater racing. The term is still in use today ...

who competed in the mid-1990s. Competing for

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, he was eliminated in the repechages of the K-1 500 m event 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, ...

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg ...

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* 1975 births Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic canoeists for Uzbekistan Uzbekistani male canoeists Place of birth missing (living people) {{Uzbekistan-canoe-bio-stub