Martin Marinov
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's flatwater canoeing | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze | 1988 Seoul | C-1 500 m | |
| Bronze | 1992 Barcelona | C-2 500 m | |
Martin Marinov (Bulgarian: Мартин Маринов, born October 25, 1967) is a retired Bulgarian flatwater canoer. A former "Mr Bulgaria" he won two Olympic medals for that country in the Canadian canoeing 500m events.
In Seoul in 1988 he was the bronze medallist in the C-1 500m. Four years later in Barcelona he and teammate Blagovest Stoyanov won bronze in the C-2 500m. At the 1996 Olympics Marinov and Stojanov reached both C-2 finals, finishing fourth (1000m) and fifth (500m).
Marinov later emigrated and represented Australia. He retired after the 2004 Athens Olympics where he was eliminated in the C-1 500m semi-final.
In October 2006, Marinov was appointed as Head Coach of the AIS Canoe/Kayak Program.
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