Stanimir Atanasov ( bg, Станимир Атанасов) (born 20 April 1976 in
Rousse
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Bulgaria
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sprint canoer who has competed from 1995 to 2004. He won a bronze medal in the C-4 500 m event at the
1995 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships
The 1995 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Duisburg, Germany for the third time. The German city had hosted the event previously in 1979 and 1987 when it was part of West Germany.
The men's competition consisted of nine Canadian ( ...
in
Duisburg
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. Atanasov was a European bronze medallist in 1997 (C-2) and 2002 (C-1).
At the
2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens
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, he earned his best finish of eighth in the
C-1 500 m event.
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Sports-reference.com profile
1976 births
Bulgarian male canoeists
Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Living people
Olympic canoeists for Bulgaria
Sportspeople from Ruse, Bulgaria
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian
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