Milko Kazanov
{{Short description|Bulgarian canoeist (born 1970)}}
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{{MedalSport|Men's canoe sprint}}
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{{MedalBronze|1996 Atlanta|K-2 1000 m}}
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{{MedalBronze|2002 Seville|K-4 1000 m}}
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Milko Georgiev Kazanov ({{langx|bg|Милко Георгиев Казанов}}, sometimes listed as Milko Kazakov, born 11 February 1970 in Rousse) is a Bulgarian sprint canoeist who competed from the early 1990s to 2005. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at Atlanta in 1996.
Kazanov also won a bronze in the K-4 1000 m event at the 2002 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Seville.
He has also won three European Championship medals, two silvers (K-4 500 m, K-4 1000 m) in Zagreb in 1999 and bronze (K-4 1000 m) in Poznań in 2000.
Kazanov is {{convert|186|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} tall and weighs {{convert|86|kg|lb|abbr=on}}. He is now a member of the Levski Canoe/Kayak Club in Sofia.
References
- {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105013709/http://canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%201-41%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007-2.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=2010-01-05 |title=ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007}}
- {{Webarchive |url=https://www.webcitation.org/5l9vPO85Y?url=http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/result/Pages%2042-83%20from%20Medal%20Winners%20ICF%20updated%202007.pdf?MenuID=Results%2F1107%2F0%2CMedal%5Fwinners%5Fsince%5F1936%2F1510%2F0 |date=2009-11-09 |title=ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007}}
External links
- {{SR/Olympics profile|ka/milko-kazanov-1}}
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Category:Bulgarian male canoeists
Category:Sportspeople from Ruse, Bulgaria
Category:Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic canoeists for Bulgaria
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Bulgaria
Category:Olympic medalists in canoeing
Category:ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:20th-century Bulgarian sportsmen
Category:21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen
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