Anton Ryakhov

Anton Ryakhov (born May 29, 1980) is an Uzbek-born Russian sprint canoer who has competed since the early 2000s. He won nine medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with three silvers (K-1 200 m: 2002, K-1 500 m: 2001, 2006) and six bronzes (K-1 200 m: 2001, 2003, 2005; K-1 500 m: 2002, K-2 1000 m: 2010, K-4 1000 m: 2011).

Anton Ryakhov
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Russia
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2001 PoznańK-1 500 m
Silver medal – second place2002 SevilleK-1 200 m
Silver medal – second place2006 SzegedK-1 500 m
Bronze medal – third place2001 PoznańK-1 200 m
Bronze medal – third place2002 SevilleK-1 500 m
Bronze medal – third place2003 GainesvilleK-1 200 m
Bronze medal – third place2005 ZagrebK-1 200 m
Bronze medal – third place2010 PoznańK-2 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2011 SzegedK-4 1000 m
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2013 Montemor-o-VelhoK-2 1000 m

Ryakhov also competed in four Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of fifth in the K-1 500 m event at Beijing in 2008. Until the 2004 Summer Olympics, Ryakhov competed for Uzbekistan. Since those games, he has competed for Russia.

In June 2015, he competed in the inaugural European Games, for Russia in canoe sprint, more specifically, Men's K-4 1000m with Alexandr Sergeev, Vasily Pogreban, and Vladislav Blintcov. He earned a silver medal.

References

  • "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on January 5, 2010. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
  • "ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2009-11-09. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Anton Ryakhov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
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