Martin Marinov
Martin Marinov (Bulgarian: Мартин Маринов, born 25 October 1967) is a Bulgarian-born Australian flatwater canoeist who competed from the late 1980s and the mid-2000s (decade). A former "Mr Bulgaria" he won two Olympic medals for that country in the Canadian canoeing 500 m events.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's canoe sprint | ||
Representing  | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1988 Seoul | C-1 500 m |
| 1992 Barcelona | C-2 500 m |
| World Championships | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1987 Duisburg | C-1 1000 m |
| 1989 Plovdiv | C-1 500 m |
| 1990 Poznań | C-1 500 m |
| 1994 Mexico City | C-2 500 m |
| 1995 Duisburg | C-2 200 m |
Biography
In Seoul in 1988 he was the bronze medalist in the C-1 500 m. Four years later in Barcelona he and teammate Blagovest Stoyanov won bronze in the C-2 500 m. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, Marinov and Stojanov reached both C-2 finals, finishing fourth in the 1000 m and fifth in the 500 m events, respectively.
Marinov later emigrated and represented Australia. He retired after the 2004 Summer Olympics where he was eliminated in the C-1 500 m semi-final.
He also won five ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medals with a silver (C-1 1000 m: 1987) and four bronzes (C-1 500 m: 1989, 1990; C-2 200 m: 1995, C-2 500 m: 1994).
In October 2006, Marinov was appointed as Head Coach of the AIS Canoe/Kayak Program.
References
- databaseOlympics.com profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 March 2007)
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05). Additional archives: Wayback Machine.
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
- Martin Marinov at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)