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
	2001 Poznań	K-1 500 m
	2002 Seville	K-1 200 m
	2006 Szeged	K-1 500 m
	2001 Poznań	K-1 200 m
	2002 Seville	K-1 500 m
	2003 Gainesville	K-1 200 m
	2005 Zagreb	K-1 200 m
	2010 Poznań	K-2 1000 m
	2011 Szeged	K-4 1000 m
European Championships
	2013 Montemor-o-Velho	K-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.