Viktor Sergejewitsch Melanthiev

Viktor Melantiev
Full name	Viktor Sergejewitsch Melanthiev
nation	Russia
birthday	June 2, 1986
place of birth	Bryukhovetskaya ,  Soviet Union
size	195 cm
Weight	95 kg
job	Canoeists
Career
discipline	Canoe slalom
Boat class	Two-person kayak
society	Dynamo Krasnodar
National squad	since 2003
status	active
Medal table
World Cup medals 6 × 3 × 2 × EM medals 7 × 1 × 2 ×
Canoe World Championships bronze Dartmouth 2009 C-2 1000 m silver Dartmouth 2009 C-4 200 m gold Dartmouth 2009 C-1 4 × 200 m relay silver Szeged 2011 C-2 200 m gold Szeged 2011 C-1 4 × 200 m relay gold Duisburg 2013 C-2 500 m silver Duisburg 2013 C-2 1000 m gold Duisburg 2013 C-1 200 m relay w gold Moscow 2014 C-4 1000 m bronze Račice u Štětí 2017 C-2 1000 m gold Račice u Štětí 2017 C-2 500 m gold Montemor-o-Velho 2018 C-4 1000 m silver Montemor-o-Velho 2018 C-2 500 m European Canoe Championships gold Milan 2008 C-4 200 m gold Brandenburg an der Havel 2009 C-4 200 m bronze Brandenburg an der Havel 2009 C-2 1000 m gold Brandenburg an der Havel 2009 C-1 4 × 200 m relay bronze Brandenburg an der Havel 2014 C-1 1000 m gold Račice u Štětí 2015 C-4 1000 m gold Moscow 2016 C-2 500 m gold Moscow 2016 C-4 1000 m silver Plovdiv 2017 C-2 1000 m gold Plovdiv 2017 C-2 500 m

Viktor Sergejewitsch Melantjew ( Russian Виктор Сергеевич Мелантьев ; born June 2, 1986 in Brjuchowezkaja , Krasnodar region , Russian SFSR , Soviet Union ) is a Russian canoeist , world champion and European champion.

Athletic career

In 2008 Melantjew took part in the Olympic Games in Beijing and took eighth place (C-1 1000 m).

At the 2009 World Championships in Dartmouth , Melantjew won a gold (C-1 4 × 200 m relay), a silver (C-4 200 m) and a bronze medal (C-2 1000 m; with Nikolai Lipkin ). Two years later he won a gold medal (C-1 4 × 200 m relay) at the World Championships in Szeged . At the 2013 World Championships in Duisburg, Melantjew won two gold medals (C-2 500 m; with Iwan Schtyl and C-1 200 m relay m) and one silver medal (C-2 1000 m; with Ilja Pervuchin ). In 2014 he won a gold medal in Moscow (C-4 1000 m). In 2017 in Plovdiv he became world champion again together with Ivan Schtyl (C-2 500 m).

Melantjew was European and Russian champions several times.

Awards (selection)

• 2010: Honored Master of Sports of Russia

Web links

Commons : Viktor Melantyev  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Viktor Sergejewitsch Melantjew in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Виктор Мелантьев , kubansport.ru (Russian)
• Victor Melantyev on zap.norex.ca (English)
• Viktor Melantjew on infosport.ru (Russian)
• Viktor Melantyev on canoeresults.eu (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Виктор Мелантьев: "Я верю в" принцип бумеранга ". Что посеешь, то и пожнешь » , kuban.aif.ru (Russian)
2. ↑ Viktor Melantjew , kubansport.ru (Russian)
3. ↑ О присвоении почетного спортивного звания "Заслуженный мастер спорта России" , pravo.ru (Russian)